The Honest Company Sensitive Wipes
Quick verdict
A short ingredient list; certification matching remains unresolved.
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- Caution
- EWG Verified status is not confirmed for this exact Sensitive formula.
- Good
- No phenoxyethanol in the reviewed ingredient list.
- The cited 30-compound PFAS panel reported non-detect.
Read the original editorial assessment
A short, clean 7-ingredient list with no phenoxyethanol, using food-grade sodium benzoate as the preservative, and non-detect for PFAS in Consumer Reports' June 2026 independent testing. The one claim we can't confirm: EWG lists several Honest wipe products as EWG Verified, but the specific fragrance-free "Sensitive" formulation doesn't carry that badge on EWG's own listing as of this review, and a confusingly similar product name even carries an EWG "high hazard" flag — worth Honest clarifying, and worth checking EWG's listing yourself before assuming Verified status extends to this exact product. Honest's 2017 wipes recall (mold contamination) was characterized by the company as precautionary with no confirmed adverse health effects reported, and there's been no recurrence since.
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Materials & ingredients
No ingredient on this product's own label was specifically flagged in our review. See ingredient concerns for baby wipes as a whole for what we check for in this category.
Testing history
| Source | Date | Tested for | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Reports independent testing | June 2026 | PFAS (30 compounds) | Non-detect |
Recalls, litigation & complaint history
| Case / event | Status |
|---|---|
| Honest Company wipes recall | A 2017 recall over mold contamination, characterized by the company as precautionary with no confirmed adverse health effects reported; no recurrence since. |
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What the evidence tells us
The review links Consumer Reports’ June 2026 testing. Its panel examined 30 named PFAS compounds; a non-detect result applies to that panel and its tested samples, not to every PFAS or every future batch.
What's still uncertain
- Match the reviewed formula to your package; a test does not cover every batch.
- EWG Verified status is not confirmed for this exact Sensitive formula.
- Certification scopes differ. None is a guarantee that a product will suit every child.
Technical detail & sources
Reported testing
- PFAS (30 compounds): Non-detect. Consumer Reports independent testing (June 2026). Read the published report.
Sources to read
- Baby wipe ingredient review and product comparisons, Consumer Reports (2026)
- PFAS in Baby Wipes: Results From CR’s Tests, Consumer Reports (2026)
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Final verdict against our baby wipes standard
Caution Published as Caution under the published standard for baby wipes, based on the specific, dated findings above. That standard was written before this or any other product on the page was evaluated, and doesn't change to fit a favorite — see the full site-wide standard for how every category is held to the same process.