Which microplastic ingredients does Eucerin use most?

PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) (in 4 of 23), Resorcinol (in 3 of 23), Dimethicone (in 3 of 23), Carbomer (in 3 of 23), Acrylates Crosspolymer (in 3 of 23).

Does Eucerin Use Microplastics?

Last updated: July 30, 2026

The short answer

Roughly half of the Eucerin products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 23 Eucerin products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 13 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 57%. The one that came up most was PEG (Polyethylene Glycol), in 4 of them.

analysed

with a flag

57%

What this is. Ingredient-label data from Open Beauty Facts (snapshot 2026-07-31), not laboratory testing. Coverage is crowdsourced, partial and Europe-weighted, so this is 23 of the 80 Eucerin entries in that database, and US formulations often differ. A flagged ingredient is not automatically harmful — a gel thickener and a solid microbead are both synthetic polymers and are not the same risk.

What comes up most in Eucerin ingredient lists

Ingredient	Products	Why it's flagged
PEG (Polyethylene Glycol)	4 of 23	PEG / glycol
Resorcinol	3 of 23	Plasticiser / chemical of concern
Dimethicone	3 of 23	Silicone
Carbomer	3 of 23	Acrylate / vinyl polymer
Acrylates Crosspolymer	3 of 23	Acrylate / vinyl polymer
Polyquaternium-10	2 of 23	Acrylate / vinyl polymer
BHT / BHA	2 of 23	Plasticiser / chemical of concern
VP/Eicosene Copolymer	2 of 23	Acrylate / vinyl polymer

Example products

Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.

Daily Hydration Lotion

3 flagged ingredients

hyalluron Filler + 3x effect

3 flagged ingredients

Skin Calming Body Lotion for Dry and Itchy Skin

3 flagged ingredients

Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Eucerin use microplastics?

Roughly half of the Eucerin products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of 23 Eucerin products with a readable ingredient list on Open Beauty Facts, 13 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer (57%). This is label data, not lab testing, and a flagged ingredient is not automatically harmful.

Which ingredients are flagged in Eucerin products?

Most frequently: PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) (4 of 23), Resorcinol (3 of 23), Dimethicone (3 of 23), Carbomer (3 of 23), Acrylates Crosspolymer (3 of 23). Each has its own page explaining what it is and how concerned to be.

Is Eucerin safe to use?

That is not a question label data can answer, and we will not pretend otherwise. This page reports which synthetic polymers appear in ingredient lists. Whether a given product suits you depends on the ingredient, its concentration, the product type, and your own skin and priorities. Use the per-ingredient pages to judge severity rather than treating any flag as a verdict.

How was this measured?

Products were pulled from the Open Beauty Facts API, filtered to those with a usable ingredient list, and every INCI token matched against our flagged ingredient database. Matching is token-level: an ingredient list is split on commas and each token yields at most one ingredient, so "dimethicone" is never also counted as "methicone". Snapshot 2026-07-31.

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