Mainstays Vanilla Scented Single Wick Candle

Breakdown

5 ingredients to avoid

Mainstays Vanilla Scented Single Wick Candle 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.

Mainstays Vanilla Scented Single Wick Candle lists 6 ingredients, starting with Paraffin Wax, Fragrance, Limonene, Linalool and Citronellol. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Mainstays Vanilla Scented Single Wick Candle scores worse than most candles & home fragrance we have scored. A higher-scoring option in candles & home fragrance is OdoBan OdoRocks Natural Volcanic Mineral Odor Eliminator at 100/100.