Downy Soft and Fresh Fabric Softener Cool Cotton

Breakdown

2 ingredients to avoid

Downy Soft and Fresh Fabric Softener Cool Cotton scores 23/100 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.

Downy Soft and Fresh Fabric Softener Cool Cotton lists 9 ingredients, starting with Diethylester Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride, Polyquaternium-33, Polyquaternium-32, Pentasodium Pentetate and Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 23/100 Downy Soft and Fresh Fabric Softener Cool Cotton scores worse than most laundry we have scored. A higher-scoring option in laundry is Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda at 100/100.