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Nivea Protect & Bronze

Nivea · Sunscreens

Protect & Bronze — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

40

Moderate concern

Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.

Concern score 40/100 · 24 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Alcohol Denat. (Caredermis editorial assessment)

Risk categories found

Irritation2 ingredients · max 5/10Allergy risk6 ingredients · max 5/10Environmental impact1 ingredient · max 5/10

Flagged ingredients (9)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Alcohol Denat.

solvent · astringent

Severity 5/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: High cautionDry skin: High cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Irritation:Drying and barrier-disrupting in high-alcohol formulas with regular use.

Denatured ethanol gives products a fast-drying, weightless feel, but as a leading ingredient it degrades the skin barrier with repeated use — a poor match for dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin.

Octocrylene

uv filter

Severity 5/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:Rising cause of contact and photoallergy, especially in children.
  • Environmental impact:Accumulates in aquatic life; degrades into benzophenone over time.

A stabilizing UV filter that can degrade into benzophenone as products age, and an increasingly reported allergen — replace old tubes of octocrylene sunscreens.

Linalool

fragrance

Severity 5/10
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:EU-declarable allergen; oxidized linalool is a common patch-test positive.
EU CLP Skin Sens. 1B ↗EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted) ↗

A floral scent molecule found in lavender and many essential oils. It oxidizes on air exposure into strongly sensitizing compounds, which is why it must be declared on EU labels.

Homosalate

uv filter

Pregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with caution

A UVB filter the EU sharply restricted in 2022 after its scientific committee flagged potential endocrine effects at former use levels.

Benzoic AcidRegulatory dataIrritationEU CLP Skin Irrit. 2EU CLP Eye Dam. 1

No concerns found (6)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Not enough data (9)

Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.

  • C12-15 Alkvl Benzoate
  • Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethape
  • Acrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer. Glycyrrhetinic Acid
  • Alpha-Isomethyl lonone
  • Parfum. www.NIVEA.it 12M PET Art.-No. 86037 200ml e Beiersdorf Beiersdorf S.p.A. Via Eraclito 30
  • 20128 Milano
  • Italy Beiersdorf AG
  • D-20245 Hamburg 74721016 reg. tm. of Beiersdorf AG
  • Germany NIVEA/NIVEA Logo = 005900 132444 86037.510:SA.04

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Lower-concern sunscreens

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

Alcohol Denat, Octyldodecanol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, C12-15 Alkvl Benzoate, Homosalate, Octocrylene, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethape, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Acrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer. Glycyrrhetinic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cocoglycerides, Aqua, Linalool, Limonene, Benzyl Alcohol, Alpha-Isomethyl lonone, Citronellol, Geraniol, Benzoic Acid, Parfum. www.NIVEA.it 12M PET Art.-No. 86037 200ml e Beiersdorf Beiersdorf S.p.A. Via Eraclito 30, 20128 Milano, Italy Beiersdorf AG, D-20245 Hamburg 74721016 reg. tm. of Beiersdorf AG, Germany NIVEA/NIVEA Logo = 005900 132444 86037.510:SA.04

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