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Persil Color - Optical Brightener

livebetter
13 years ago

I was looking up ingredient lists for some Persil products and noticed this list for the new Persil Sensitive Color version I recently purchased.

I thought the color versions did not contain optical brighteners?? Notice for anyone trying to avoid them that this version does appear to contain them as did some other color versions I checked. That seems odd?

Also, have to say the one ingredient stood out (MELAMINE-FORMALDEHYDE POLYMER METHYLATED) ... this wouldn't be formaldehyde that we've been warned is not safe is it?!

Persil Color Sensitive Aloe Vera Pearls

 SODIUM SULFATE

 SODIUM CARBONATE

 SODIUM BICARBONATE

 SODIUM DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE

 ZEOLITE

 SODIUM CITRATE

 AQUA (WATER)

 SODIUM SILICATE

 C13-15 FATTY ALCOHOL 6 EO

 SODIUM POLYACRYLATE

 TETRASODIUM ETIDRONATE

 SODIUM SOAP C16-18

 CELLULOSE GUM

 STARCH

 SODIUM SILICATE

 PERFUME

 ZEA MAYS (CORN) STARCH

 SULFONATED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE

 VINYLPYRROLIDONE/VINYLIMIDAZOLE COPOLYMER

 CORN FLOUR

 METHYL ALKYL POLYSILOXANE

 GLYCERYL STEARATE

 HYDRATED SILICA

 C12-18 FATTY ALCOHOL 7 EO

 PEG-14M

 PARAFFINUM LIQUIDUM (MINERAL OIL)

 COLORANT

 FORMALDEHYDE-MELAMINE POLYMER

 CELLULOSE

 PROTEASE

 C12-18 FATTY ALCOHOL 7 EO

 OXACYCLOHEXADEC-12-EN-2-ONE

 PEG-240

 OPTICAL BRIGHTNER

 SUCROSE

 LIPASE

 AMYLASE

 MELAMINE-FORMALDEHYDE POLYMER METHYLATED

 MANNANASE

 CELLULASE

 SODIUM FORMATE

 ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF EXTRACT

Here is a link that might be useful: Persil Ingredients