Petroleum Jelly

Name: Petroleum Jelly
Brand: Vaseline

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Ingredients · 9

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Common questions

Is Vaseline Petroleum Jelly healthy?

Vaseline Petroleum Jelly 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 Vaseline Petroleum Jelly?

Vaseline Petroleum Jelly lists 9 ingredients, starting with Petrolatum, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Fragrance, Glycine Soja Oil and Isopropyl Myristate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Vaseline Petroleum Jelly contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Vaseline Petroleum Jelly’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 Vaseline Petroleum Jelly?

Vaseline Petroleum Jelly 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 Vaseline Petroleum Jelly compare to other body lotion?

At 15/100 Vaseline Petroleum Jelly scores worse than most body lotion we have scored. A higher-scoring option in body lotion is Honey Girl Organics The Lotion Extra Sensitive at 100/100.

Is Vaseline Petroleum Jelly organic?

Vaseline Petroleum Jelly is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.