Hand Cream Test Shows: Good Care Doesn't Have to Be Expensive

Of 13 products, all were satisfactory in terms of care, with the cheapest performing the best. However, problematic ingredients were found in three creams, which led to deductions, informed the Chamber of Labor Upper Austria on Friday.

Tested were commercially available hand creams offered in drugstores, pharmacies, and supermarkets. The good news: All are effective against dry hands and provide the skin with sufficient moisture, absorb quickly, and leave a pleasant skin feeling, so you don't leave greasy marks on clothing or furniture. The test winner was the private label of a chain, which at 95 cents per 100 milliliters - together with a second product ranking in the middle field - was also the cheapest cream. Overall, the classic creams performed better than the concentrates or a solid hand care.

Hand Creams in the Test: Deductions for Three Products Due to Ingredients

However, there were deductions for three creams, two of which ranked in the mid-price range and one in the upper segment, due to problematic ingredients: All three contain dimethicones (polydimethylsiloxane). This substance is considered biologically difficult to degrade, but inevitably enters the environment when washing hands, where it accumulates. The high-priced product also contained the difficult-to-degrade mineral oil paraffinum liquidum and the complexing agent disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, which can be difficult to filter out in sewage treatment plants and thus impair the quality of drinking water, according to the testers.

The prices ranged from 95 cents to 17 euros per 100 milliliters. The solid product came to 39 euros per 100 grams.

(APA/Red)

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