Baby & children

Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive Disposable Diapers - Size 1 - 164ct

Pampers · owned by Procter & Gamble

Chemistry

6/10

Corporate

Skin contact in early childhood

Infant skin is thinner and more permeable than adult skin, with a higher surface-area-to-weight ratio, so the same product delivers a proportionally larger dose. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises fragrance-free, dye-free products for routine infant care.

Certificationsparaben free

Chemistry breakdown

Bar length = weight in the Baby & children formula · color = that component's score · tap a name to learn what it means.

Scored from 80% of the formula's weight. The rest doesn't apply to this product.

Fragrance allergens4/10 · 28% weight

Fragrance in a product worn against covered, often irritated skin for hours at a time — close to worst-case conditions for a contact allergen. The French safety agency ANSES recommended eliminating fragrance from diapers entirely, and two once-common diaper fragrance allergens are now banned in EU cosmetics. Fragrance-free isn't a preference here; it's the evidence-backed choice.

Migrating additives6.4/10 · 24% weight

Substances that can move from the product onto skin: hot-melt adhesives and their tackifier resins, printed pigments, and the lotion applied to the liner. Rated per substance — most are low-concern, but this is where quality differences between makers actually show up.

Skin-contact materials6.8/10 · 18% weight

The fibres and films against the skin — fluff pulp, cotton, polypropylene, the absorbent polymer. Reassuringly, this is the part of a diaper with the strongest safety record: these polymers aren't absorbed through skin. A good score here is expected; the real questions live in the other components.

PFASno PFAS listed · 12% weight

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — 'forever chemicals' that persist in the body and environment for years. Used for water- and stain-resistance; linked in studies to immune and developmental effects.

Certifications6/10 · 10% weight

Independent third-party verifications (USDA Organic, FSC, EPA Safer Choice…). Informational only — having none never lowers a score; verified claims can raise it.

Process residuesno residue data — panels never carry it · 8% weight

What manufacturing leaves behind rather than what goes in: the pulp-bleaching route (totally-chlorine-free vs chlorine-dioxide), residual monomer in the absorbent polymer, trace PAHs. French agency testing found these — not the plastics — were where diaper risk thresholds were exceeded. Rarely disclosed on any panel, so this mostly scores through process certifications.

Materials · 28

A bill of materials, not a recipe: the maker lists components by amount, and the bulk of a diaper is inert structure. Scoring here weighs every material equally — what matters most (fragrance, adhesives, process residues) is usually at the bottom of the list or not on it at all. Tap any row for its sources.

Made by

Procter & Gamble

2021 benzene aerosol recalls + Pampers Dry Max + Tide pod response

2021–2022Benzene contamination recalls — aerosol antiperspirants and dry shampoos — Voluntarily recalled aerosol antiperspirant and dry-shampoo products (Old Spice, Secret, Pantene, Herbal Essences) after benzene, a Group 1 human carcinogen, was detected. Benzene was not an intended ingredient — it entered via propellant contamination. Marked negligent, not intentional: the record establishes a quality-control and supplier-verification failure, not knowledge that the products were contaminated while continuing to sell them.