Best Non Toxic Bar Soap (2025)

Last Updated on April 14, 2025 by NonToxicSwaps

Switch to one of these non toxic bar soap brands to keep your skin clean without added chemical ingredients.

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Ingredients to Avoid in Conventional Bar Soap

Fragrance/Parfum: umbrella term including hundreds of toxins, including hormone disrupting phthalates, as well as skin irritants and allergens. Chemicals that are hidden behind this term can be carcinogenic, respiratory irritants, endocrine disruptors, reproductive toxins, neurotoxins, and more (PMID: 35669814)
Parabens: preservatives linked to endocrine disruption (PMID: 29596967), known to be carcinogenic due to endocrine disruption (PMID: 36746253) Parabens may be listed as methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben, isobutylparaben, isopropylparaben, and benzylparaben.
Petroleum/Petrolatum: carcinogen and reproductive toxin (PubChem CID: 481187790)
Titanium Dioxide: potential carcinogen, studies show carcinogenic effects when inhaled; (PubChem ID: 26042); studies on nano-particles show inflammation and DNA effects (PMID: 19887611)
Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS): skin & potential respiratory irritant (PubChem CID: 3423265)
Dyes: can be carcinogenic, genotoxic and offer no benefit to the product other than color (example: Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 5) (PMID: 23026007)
Phthalates: preservative linked to reproductive & developmental toxicity, potentially linked to ADD and learning disabilities (PMID: 24267794) potential carcinogen & endocrine disruptor (PubChem CID: 3026)
Polyethylene glycols (PEGs): ethoxylated ingredient that may be contaminated with 1,4 dioxane and ethylene oxide