Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks

Name: Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks
Brand: Carmex

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Ingredients · 17

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Common questions

Is Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks healthy?

Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks scores 15/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks?

Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks lists 17 ingredients, starting with Octinoxate, Oxybenzone, White Petrolatum, Lanolin and Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks?

Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks has no NOVA group. Tallow works NOVA out from the ingredient list, and it does not apply to supplements or non-food products; a food whose ingredients are not all classified yet stays unknown instead of being guessed. Either way the processing axis scores it neutrally.

How does Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks compare to other lip balm & care?

At 15/100 Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks scores worse than most lip balm & care we have scored. A higher-scoring option in lip balm & care is Dr. Bronner's Organic Lip Balm - Orange Ginger at 100/100.

Is Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks organic?

Carmex Medicated Lip Balm Sticks is not certified organic in our data.

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