Acne Ingredient Checker

Ingredients

Comedogenic ratings by ingredient

One page per ingredient: how it’s rated for clogging pores, who rated it, what was tested, and what the lab tests can’t tell you.

Ingredient pages

Ingredient pages and their highest lab rating
Ingredient
Jojoba oil Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil 0 to 2 of 5, low (depends on the supplier)

The lab rating is the highest score a study gave. Each page also shows whether each published list names it. Looking for another ingredient? Check it in the pore-clogging checker →

The 0 to 5 scale

Fulton’s score for how many clogged pores an ingredient caused in the test: 0 is none, 5 is a lot. On this site, 3 and up “may clog pores” and 2 is “rated low”.