Ingredient Standards

Shop without second-guessing the label.

Our banned ingredients standard is the most rigorous in household essentials, screening out thousands of ingredients before they reach your door.

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OUR EXPERTS

Meet the Grove Science Council

The council of health experts that guides our strict ingredient standards.

Chief Medical Advisor

Manasa Mantravadi, MD

Board-certified, Northwestern University-trained physician. Our council lead with clinical, manufacturing, testing, & consumer education expertise.

The Science

Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH

Pediatric and environmental epidemiologist. Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. His research underpins the EPA’s lead standards.

Testing & Proof

Birnur Aral, PhD

Chemical engineer (PhD, Stevens Institute) who led the Good Housekeeping Institute’s Health, Beauty & Environmental Sciences Lab for a decade.

Science to Policy

Joseph Laakso, PhD

Director of Science Policy at the Endocrine Society (PhD, Penn). Expert in endocrine-disrupting chemicals that keeps our standards current.

Policy & Commerce

Lindsay Dahl

Current Chief Impact Officer at Ritual. She helped pass 30+ chemical-safety laws, including the first U.S. ban on BPA in baby bottles.

Safer for everyone, including kids and pets

Our standards reduce exposure to ingredients linked to common health concerns, especially in products used daily, on skin, or around kids and pets.

  • We ban ingredients linked to:

    Hormone disruption

    Including phthalates, parabens, and PFAS.

  • Skin sensitivity & allergies

    Known irritants like formaldehyde donors and preservatives linked to allergic reactions.

  • Indoor air & respiratory concerns

    Ingredients linked to respiratory irritation, including ammonia, chlorine, and aromatic solvents in cleaning products.

Informed by leading EU safety frameworks

Our ingredient standards are modeled after European chemical safety approaches — known globally for their precautionary, science-based rigor.

In many categories, our standards go beyond baseline U.S. regulatory requirements by:

  • Setting stricter ingredient exclusions
  • Reviewing evolving scientific evidence as it emerges

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