Best Non Toxic Diaper Creams (2025)

Last Updated on March 20, 2025 by NonToxicSwaps

Diaper cream is designed to protect baby’s skin, but it shouldn’t contain toxic ingredients. Switch to a non toxic diaper cream to eliminate toxins from your baby’s diapering routine.

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Ingredients to Avoid in Diaper Creams

Conventional diaper creams can include a mixture of any number of toxins, here are a few to avoid when looking for a non toxic diaper cream:

Petroleum/Petrolatum: carcinogen and reproductive toxin (PubChem CID: 481187790)
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)
Talc: potentially contaminated with asbestos (carcinogen), while there is much debate over the research of talc, it can potentially be contaminated with asbestos (carcinogen) (PMID: 31469695)
Ethoxylated ingredients (PEGs, PPGs, polysorbates, ceteareth, phenoxyethanol): ethoxylation process produces ethylene oxide, a carcinogen and developmental toxin (PubChem CID: 6354) and 1,4-dioxane, a suspected carcinogen (PubChem CID: 31275)
Phenoxyethanol: deemed generally safe at a 1% concentration, however it’s production process, ethoxylation, can potentially contaminate phenoxyethanol with 1,4-dioxane and ethylene oxide (see above for ethoxylated ingredient description) (PubChem CID: 31236