Light stabilizer

What is Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol?

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the European Commission’s public database of cosmetic ingredients. The function classes that database records for it are: Light stabilizer, UV filter.

A function class records the role an ingredient is put in a formula for. It is what the database files the ingredient under, not a finding of ours about what it does on skin.

Which products use it?

Of the 130 products whose labels we have read, one puts this one on the front.

Goodal

Clear Houttuynia Soothing Moisture Sun Cream

We checked 5 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 3 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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See the label check (5 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

backed by evidence3
  • SPF50+ / PA++++
  • Main product specification: all skin types
    Korean original

    제품 주요 사양: 모든피부

  • Reef safe
    Korean original

    리프세이프

no evidence2
  • Mineral sunscreen
    Korean original

    무기자차

  • Skin type: sensitive
    Korean original

    피부타입: 민감성