Bath & Body Works Touch of Gold Gentle & Clean Foaming Hand Soap

Sulfates are foaming cleansers such as Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate. Mineral salts like Magnesium Sulfate are not cleansers and do not count.

Yes, Bath & Body Works Touch of Gold Gentle & Clean Foaming Hand Soap is sulfate-free. No sulfate cleansers in the list. Mineral salts like Magnesium Sulfate do not count.

Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate is a sulfonate, a close cousin of sulfates that is chemically not a sulfate. Some people who avoid sulfates avoid it too.

This is not a safety warning. It is a label fact, useful if you avoid this group on purpose.

Water (Aqua, Eau), Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Fragrance (Parfum), Propanediol, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Disodium EDTA, Tocopheryl Acetate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, BHT, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tetrahydroxypropyl Ethylenediamine, Hexamethylindanopyran, Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Vanillin, Hydroxycitronellal, Methylisothiazolinone, Phenoxyethanol, Yellow 10, Red 40, Limonene.

Highlighted names triggered a “No” on one of the six checks. Underlined names open the ingredient dictionary. Source list as recorded on Open Beauty Facts.