Does Yves Rocher Use Microplastics?
The short answer
Most Yves Rocher products we could analyse listed no flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 29 Yves Rocher products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 5 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 17%. The one that came up most was PEG (Polyethylene Glycol), in 3 of them.
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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 29 of the 406 Yves Rocher 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 Yves Rocher ingredient lists
| Ingredient | Products | Why it's flagged |
|---|---|---|
| PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) | 3 of 29 | PEG / glycol |
| Polyurethane-35 | 1 of 29 | Microplastic polymer |
| Carbomer | 1 of 29 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
Example products
Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.
Hydra végétal
1 flagged ingredient
Cube pétillant pour le bain Vanille
1 flagged ingredient
Crème solaire 50+ FPS SPF
1 flagged ingredient
Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.
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