December 20, 2007 | Reviews, Broom Hugged, Health, Cleaning products
I was so excited when earlier this month I walked into Target and saw that Method had their new holiday scents out! I use a lot of Method products at my house so already knowing what the company stands stands for I grabbed up my favorite holiday scent, cinnamon bark, and waltzed out with dreams of a beautifully clean and fragrant household. Once I got home I realized there was an unfamiliar warning on the back: CONTAINS DECYLPOLYGLUCOSIDE, IF SWALLOWED CALL POISON CONTROL. KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN.”What?” I thought to myself. I double checked to make sure it was , for sure, a Method product. It was! One of the main reasons I like natural cleaning products like Method is because I have a toddler and I want to know that the products we use to keep our house clean won’t harm her. Plus, she likes to help me clean. Who in their right mind would turn down cleaning help?
So, I headed to the trusty internet to look up some information on this ingredient. Here is what I found: Decylpolyglucoside is a gentle, natural surfactant made from natural sugars. That’s it! There isn’t much more to be found. ‘Surfactant’ means that it has a property that makes water ‘wetter,’ allowing germs and gunk to slide easily off surfaces. Natural sugars? Oh, dear me! It is used in quite a few natural shampoos and lotions. I can’t find a bad thing about it! I’m really not sure why Method felt it was needed to put a poison control warning on their bottle due to the DPG. Maybe they’re a little overzealous in their labeling? Cosmetic Database even gives it a 100% safe rating! Now, I don’t plan on pouring some in a mug and enjoying it while sitting by the fire (although it does smell delicious!) but I do think I’ll let this one stay!
If anyone out there knows why the warning is on the Method, do share. But to me, this seems pretty harmless.
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Allie says:
I’ve always wondered about Method. I have never been able to find information on what they use as “fragrance” in their products. A lot of times the word fragrance on the ingredient list equals pthalate use. And I’ve never seen them state that they are pthalate free.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:26 pmmudlark says:
Thanks for the comment, Allie. You provoked me to do some more research, and while Method is still pretty good about keeping their ingredients secret, I did find (on Method’s blog) that they don’t use the ‘dirty 5′ in any of their products. Those 5 are: MEA, alkylphenol ethoxylates, phthalates, the glycol ethers EGBE and DEGME, and quaternary amine disinfectants.
December 20th, 2007 at 2:21 pmliz @ monkey kisses says:
mmmmm… i love the one you displayed.. i had bought extra of the handsoap because it smells amazing!
December 20th, 2007 at 6:45 pmAllie says:
Mudlark! That’s awesome! It’s so good to hear! Thank you!!!
Happy Holidays!
December 22nd, 2007 at 6:37 pm