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Product score: 02

Data Availability:

Fair

Bioelements Flash Foam Cleanser

Bioelements Flash Foam Cleanser

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CATEGORY

Facial Cleanser

BRAND

BioElements

DATA LAST UPDATED

April 2025

Ingredient concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

  • LOW
    Cancer
  • HIGH
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • LOW
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • HIGH
    Use Restrictions

Ingredient scores

Ingredients are scored based on their formulation and concentration in this product. Click on an ingredient for more information.

Ingredient score: 01
WATER
Data Availability: Robust
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FUNCTION(S) solvent
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Ingredient score: 01
WATER
Data Availability: Robust
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FUNCTION(S) solvent
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Ingredient score: 01
WATER
Data Availability: Robust
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FUNCTION(S) solvent
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Ingredient score: 01
GLYCERIN
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) denaturant, humectant, perfuming, solvent, fragrance ingredient, hair conditioning agent, oral care agent;oral health care drug, skin-conditioning agent - humectant, skin protectant, viscosity decreasing agent
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
SODIUM LAUROAMPHOACETATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) cleansing, foam boosting, foaming, hair conditioning, surfactant, hair conditioning agent, surfactant - cleansing agent, surfactant - foam booster
CONCERNS • Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)
• Contamination concerns (ETHANOL, 2-((2-AMINOETHYL)AMINO)-)
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Ingredient score: 02
DECYL GLUCOSIDE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) cleansing, emulsion stabilising, surfactant, surfactant - cleansing agent
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
• Use restrictions (low)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
POLYSORBATE-80
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) denaturant, emulsifying, surfactant, fragrance ingredient, surfactant - emulsifying agent, surfactant - solubilizingagent
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (low)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
• Contamination concerns (ETHYLENE OXIDE and 1,4-DIOXANE)
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Ingredient score: 01
ANANAS SATIVUS (PINEAPPLE)
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 01
ANANAS SATIVUS (PINEAPPLE)
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 01
CARICA PAPAYA (PAPAYA)
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) tonic
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Ingredient score: 01
CARICA PAPAYA (PAPAYA)
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) tonic
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Ingredient score: 01
CUCURBITA PEPO (PUMPKIN)
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, not reported
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Ingredient score: 01
CUCURBITA PEPO (PUMPKIN)
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, not reported
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Ingredient score: 01
VITIS VINIFERA (GRAPE) SEED EXTRACT
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) anticaries agent, antidandruff agent, antifungal agent, antimicrobial agent, antioxidant;oral care agent, oral health care drug, sunscreen agent, ultraviolet light absorber
CONCERNS • Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
PANTHENOL
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) antistatic, hair conditioning, skin conditioning, hair conditioning agent
CONCERNS • Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) antistatic, hair conditioning, hair conditioning agent
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Ingredient score: 01
CAMELLIA SINENSIS (GREEN TEA)
Data Availability: Fair
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Ingredient score: 02
CAMELLIA SINENSIS (GREEN TEA) LEAF EXTRACT
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) antimicrobial, antioxidant, astringent, emollient, humectant, masking, oral care, skin conditioning, skin protecting, tonic, uv absorber, fragrance ingredient, oral care agent, skin-conditioning agent -miscellaneous, ultraviolet light absorber
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
• Use restrictions (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
ALLANTOIN
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) skin conditioning, skin protecting, soothing, skin-conditioning agent - miscellaneous, skin protectant
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Ingredient score: 01
CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE)
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 04
CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE) OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) astringent, masking, skin conditioning, tonic, fragrance ingredient
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Use restrictions (moderate)
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
• Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 01
POLYQUATERNIUM-10
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) antistatic, film forming, antistatic agent, film former, hair fixative
CONCERNS • Neurotoxicity (low)
• Endocrine disruption (low)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
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Ingredient score: 04
DIAZOLIDINYL UREA
Data Availability: Limited
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FUNCTION(S) preservative
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
• Use restrictions (low)
• Contamination concerns (FORMALDEHYDE)
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Ingredient score: 06
IODOPROPYNYL BUTYLCARBAMATE
Data Availability: Fair
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FUNCTION(S) preservative
CONCERNS • Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
• Use restrictions (high)
• Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate)
• Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low)
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Ingredient score: 01
SODIUM EDTA
Data Availability: Limited
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Ingredient score: 01
CITRIC ACID
Data Availability: Good
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FUNCTION(S) buffering, chelating, masking, chelating agent, fragrance ingredient, ph adjuster
CONCERNS • Use restrictions (moderate)
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Ingredients from packaging:

Water, aqua, Eau, Glycerin, Sodium Lauroamphoacetate, Decyl Glucoside, Polysorbate 80, Ananas Sativus, pineapple, Fruit Extract, Carica Papaya, papaya, Fruit Extract, Cucurbita Pepo, pumpkin, Seed Extract, Panthenol, vitamin B5, Camillia Sinensis, green tea, Leaf Extract, Allantoin, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis, orange, Oil, Polyquaternium-10, Diazolidinyl Urea, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Sodium EDTA, Citric Acid

Product's animal testing policies

Some cosmetics companies have taken People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Leaping Bunny animal-testing pledges. For consumers who are concerned about companies’ policies on animal testing, Skin Deep reports this information.


Unknown

Leading international certifiers PETA and Leaping Bunny have no information concerning this company’s use of animal testing.

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.


HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG Verified® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

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WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH

A product’s hazard score is not an average of the ingredients’ hazard scores. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that factors in all of the hazards or health impacts associated with the ingredients.

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

NONE LIMITED FAIR GOOD ROBUST
Low Availability
Moderate Availability
High Availability
NONE

Ingredients have not been assessed.

LIMITED-FAIR

There is only a modest volume of research.

GOOD-ROBUST

Ingredients have been studied extensively.

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