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Indie natural sanitizer/body since 1997
| Ingredient transparency | Full ingredient list read and categorised |
| Ownership | Independent, founder-owned. Jao Brand was founded in 1994 by Gale Mayron, who formulated the original Jao Refresher with her chemist father; she remains the owner. No parent company or acquisition found. (Gale Mayron (creator); formulations with chemist David Mayron) |
| Where made | USA (made in small batches with US and imported ingredients, per brand). |
| Cruelty free | Yes |
| Vegan | Partial |
| Organic | No |
| Certifications | Credo Clean Standard (retailer standard; not an independent certification). No independent third-party certification confirmed. |
| Sold in mainland China | Unknown |
| External ratings | Credo Clean; Elle Green Star |
| Caveat | No independent certification. The only marks this brand carries are retailer standards, set by the shop that sells it rather than by a certifier. |
| Reports note | <p>Legacy indie; CF self-declared</p> |
"Clean" and "natural" have no legal meaning. Paste the INCI list and see what's actually in it. The hidden fragrance allergens, the drying alcohols and sulfates, and the ingredients worth a second look.
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Every sku, checked
We analysed 5 Jao products, categorising every listed ingredient by function, origin (raw natural, naturally derived or synthetic) and safety concern. This is not the whole catalogue, so it is reported as a partial read. Percentages show the share of each formula that is natural or naturally derived.
Coverage: Ingredient lists were read for 5 products. The size of the full catalogue could not be established, so no average is shown.
Analyst note: Full-catalogue INCI re-scan from Jao’s own site: 5 of 201 products publish an ingredient list; the rest are not assessed (no INCI published, never guessed from marketing copy).
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The full ingredient by ingredient breakdown of all 5 Jao products (90 ingredients, each categorised by function, origin and safety concern) is free with an account.
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Not yet independently verified. The certifications listed for this brand are as the brand states them. They have not yet been checked against the certifiers own registers, so they should be read as a claim rather than a confirmed fact.
Jao is not a B Corp. The brand-level labels are thinner than the product-level ones.
Each feature below was checked against the product feed and the brand’s own documents
plant fibre across all 0 styles, read style by style from the live product feed. No sampling, no marketing page.
On record. Cotton certification not documented. Flagged in the ledger.
Not named publicly. Factory certifications not documented. See the sourcing ledger.
Low-impact finishes. Chemical flags and dye chemistry are recorded for every brand we scan.
On record. Packaging claims not documented. See the full record.
Every certifier this brand claims, with a direct link to the proof where it exists, or flagged where it is only the brand’s word.
The complete data behind the score, group by group, with the sources so you can check it yourself.
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61 brand transparency reports. Green verdict = genuinely clean/independent, amber = partial or conglomerate-owned, red = mostly synthetic.
61 of 61 have had their full ingredient list read and every ingredient categorised. The remaining 0 could not be read automatically and are not yet verified.
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