We read every label,
so you don’t have to.

We read every label, so you don’t have to.

But if you’re still curious, these 200+ ingredients are permanently banned from The Wellness Shop.

But if you’re still curious, these 200+ ingredients are permanently banned from The Wellness Shop.

But if you’re still curious, these 200+ ingredients are permanently banned from The Wellness Shop.

Artificial Colors:

  • carmine

  • erythrosine

  • FD&C Blue No. 1

  • FD&C Green No. 3

  • FD&C Yellow No. 5

  • canthaxanthin

  • FD&C Blue No. 2

  • FD&C Red No. 3

  • FD&C Yellow No. 6

  • azo dyes

  • certified colors

  • cochineal

  • FD&C Colors

  • FD&C Red No. 40

Artificial Flavors:

  • ethyl vanillin (synthetic)

  • Nature identical flavors

  • vanillin (synthetic)

  • eugenyl methyl ether (synthetic)

  • pulegone (synthetic)

  • smoke flavor (synthetic)

Artificial Sweeteners:

  • allulose

  • sodium saccharin

  • sucralose

  • advantame

  • ammonium saccharin

  • aspartame

  • calcium saccharin

  • saccharin

  • acesulfame-K

  • neotame

  • saccharin sodium salt

Controversial Natural Substances:

  • apricot kernel/extract

  • bryonia root

  • Ginkgo biloba

  • tonka bean/extract

  • hjijiki

  • Garcinia cambogia

  • He shou wu

  • plant sterols

Food Texture Agents & Emulsifiers:

  • aluminum starch

octenylsuccinate

  • azodicarbonamide

  • bleached flour

  • dimethyl silicone

  • disodium 5'-ribonucleotides

  • inosine monophosphate

  • monosodium glutamate

  • polydextrose

  • propane-1,2-Diol esters of

fatty acids

  • pyridine (synthetic)

  • sodium acid sulfate

  • sodium aluminum sulfate

  • sodium cyclamate

  • sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

  • sucrose ester

  • sulfur dioxide (okay in wine,

mead, cider)

  • CBD/cannabidiol

  • DATEM

  • dimethylpolysiloxane

  • disodium guanylate

  • hexa-, hepta- and octa-esters

of sucrose

  • insect Flour

  • lactic acid esters of

monoglycerides

  • monoammonium glutamate

  • polyvinylpolypyrrolidone

  • propylene glycol esters of fatty acids

  • sodium alum

  • sodium diacetate

  • sucrose polyester

  • acetylated esters of mono- and diglycerides

  • black soldier fly

  • bromated flour

  • diacetyl (synthetic)

  • dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS)

  • disodium inosinate

  • lactylated esters of mono- and diglycerides

  • monopotassium glutamate

  • polyvinylpyrrolidone

  • propylene glycol mono- and diesters of fats and fatty acids

  • sodium aluminum phosphate

  • sodium lauryl sulfate

  • sodium propionate

  • sodium stearoyl lactylate

  • sucrose acetate isobutyrate

Animal-Derived or Ethical Concerns:

  • shark cartilage

  • foie gras

  • mechanically separated meat

  • whale oil

Industrial or Processing Chemicals:

  • activated charcoal

  • charcoal powder

  • propylene oxide

  • acetone peroxides

  • aluminum ammonium sulfate

  • aluminum sulfate

  • ethylene glycol

  • stannous chloride

  • aluminum potassium sulfate

  • ammonium sulfate

  • benzoyl peroxide

  • calcium peroxide

  • iron oxide

  • toluene

Pharmaceutical/Drug-like Substances:

  • bacopa

  • gamma aminobutyric acid

  • ma huang

  • melatonin

  • 5-HTP

  • caffeine (extended release)

  • mucuna pruriens

  • synthetic caffeine

Synthetic Preservatives & Additives:

  • BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)

  • disodium EDTA

  • disodium iron EDTA

  • nitrites (synthetic)

  • potassium nitrite

  • propyl gallate

  • sodium metabisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

  • tetrasodium EDTA

  • Benzyl benzoate

  • BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)

  • calcium disodium EDTA

  • disodium calcium EDTA

  • dodecyl gallate

  • ethoxyquin

  • octyl gallate

  • potassium benzoate

  • potassium metabisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

  • sodium benzoate

  • sodium nitrate/nitrite (synthetic)

  • sodium sorbate

  • sodium sulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

  • thiodipropionic acid

  • benzoates

  • calcium benzoate

  • calcium sorbate

  • disodium dihydrogen EDTA

  • EDTA

  • ethyl acrylate (synthetic)

  • potassium bisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

  • potassium nitrate

  • potassium sorbate

  • sodium bisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)

  • sulfites (okay in wine, mead, cider)

  • TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)

  • Sodium erythorbate

  • Polysorbate 80

  • Polysorbate 60

  • Sodium stearoyl lactylate

  • Calcium propionate

  • Sodium propionate

  • Sodium hexametaphosphate

  • Propylene glycol

  • Butylated oleoresin

  • Dimethyl dicarbonate (DMDC)

  • Mono- and diglycerides (synthetic forms)

Other:

  • 2,4,5-trihydroxybutyrophenone (THBP)

  • acetoin (synthetic)

  • benzoic acid

  • benzyl alcohol

  • brominated vegetable oil

  • calcium bromate

  • calcium propionate

  • calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate

  • cyclodextrin

  • Grapefruit seed extract

  • heptylparaben

  • high-fructose corn syrup/HFCS

  • kava/kava kava

  • microparticularized whey protein derived fat

  • substitute

  • Orange B

  • potassium alum

  • potassium bromate

  • salatrim (short and long chain acyl

  • triglyceride molecule)

  • soy leghemoglobin

  • Bacillus coagulans Unique IS-2

  • bentonite

  • benzophenone

  • blessed thistle

  • burnt alum

  • Citrus Red No. 2

  • gardenia blue

  • GMP

  • Hawaiian black salt

  • magnesium lactate

  • methyl silicon

  • natamycin (okay in cheese-rind wax)

  • partially hydrogenated oils

  • potassium propionate

  • propionates

  • propylparaben

  • sucroglycerides

  • alkanna tinctoria

  • ammonium alum

  • Bacillus coagulans ProDURA UABc-20

  • beta-cyclodextrin

  • butylparaben

  • caprocaprylobehenin

  • gold/gold leaf

  • highly branched cyclic dextrin

  • hydrogenated oils

  • methylparaben

  • myrcene (synthetic)

  • olestra

  • propionic acid

  • sorbic acid

  • succistearin