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Ingredient · Preservative

Benzoic acid. c260066/1.

Mixed · 6/10, higher is cleaner

How we reached this

Benzoic acid under a label-fragment name (lot code attached). Preservative, GRAS at 21 CFR 184.1021; EU permits with an ADI. Rated with the preservative band, at parity with its salt sodium benzoate territory — effective and well studied, held mid-scale as a synthetic preservative rather than for any endocrine flag.

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About this rating

Ratings run 1–10, higher is cleaner, and are set editorially against the sources above — see the methodology page for how an ingredient rating becomes part of a product score. Last reviewed 2026-08-16.