Body: which products have coconut?

16 products checked, label in hand

• 6✓ No coconut listed
• 1! Can’t be verified
• 9✕ Contains coconut

Body products split in two. Washes have to foam, so they carry the same coconut surfactants as shampoo. Lotions and creams don’t, and many are built on mineral oil, petrolatum or shea instead — the ingredient list reads very differently from one to the other.

The coconut names that turn up most

Counted across the 16 products on this page.

• Cetearyl / cetyl / stearyl alcohol (and ceteareth-, steareth-, -trimonium, -dimonium)in 8 of 16
• Glycerin / glycerolin 8 of 16
• Cocamidopropyl betaine / hydroxysultainein 7 of 16
• Glyceryl stearatein 4 of 16
• Stearic acidin 3 of 16
• Palmitate / palmitic acidin 3 of 16

Every product we checked

Worth reading

• Skincare without coconut: moisturisers, cleansers, serums and masksThree jobs in a cream. Coconut does one of them.
• Soap without coconut: how to read a bar, a body wash and a hand soapA bar of soap tells you what fat it was made from

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Always read the label on the product in your hand: formulas change. Educational only, not medical advice. Always confirm with your allergist.