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Serum: 190 labels checked

190 serums from 122 brands on Open Beauty Facts, read one ingredient at a time. Below: how many pass each of the six checks, the ones that pass, which ingredients decide it, and the most scanned products.

54 with a photo · last checked 23 Sept 2026

Six checks across 190 serums

CheckYesNoNot sure
Vegan serums17 (9%)22151
Fragrance-free serums70 (37%)1128
Paraben-free serums166 (87%)1311
Sulfate-free serums178 (94%)111
Silicone-free serums124 (65%)5511
Alcohol-free serums144 (76%)3511

Yes means the ingredient list contains none of the ingredients that check looks for. Not sure on the vegan check means an ingredient can come from a plant or an animal and the label does not say which.

What decides it most often

Ingredients that turned a check to No in serums, counted across the 190 most scanned lists.

Vegan serums

17 of 190 serums pass the vegan check. The 8 most scanned:

All vegan products

Fragrance-free serums

70 of 190 serums pass the fragrance-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All fragrance-free products

Paraben-free serums

166 of 190 serums pass the paraben-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All paraben-free products

Sulfate-free serums

178 of 190 serums pass the sulfate-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All sulfate-free products

Silicone-free serums

124 of 190 serums pass the silicone-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All silicone-free products

Alcohol-free serums

144 of 190 serums pass the alcohol-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All alcohol-free products

Most scanned serums

Showing the 72 most scanned of 190. Search all serums.

Data: Open Beauty Facts, community database, ODbL license. Categories come from the product name and the community tags, so a few products sit in the wrong group; the check itself reads only the ingredient list. No brand pays for a verdict.