Nantucket Footprint Ingredients

There are a lot of “green-washed” products out there. Nantucket Footprint is committed to not being among them. When we set out to make our cleaning formulas, we are determined to follow a few important principles:

• FULL INGREDIENT TRANSPARENCY Our ingredients are all disclosed on our packaging and more details can be found on this page. Most household cleaners sold in the USA still don’t disclose ingredients and aren’t required to. We are committed to 100% ingredient transparency for all our products.

• COSMETIC QUALITY INGREDIENTS There are no strict standards for cleaning product ingredients in the USA so we decided that all of our ingredients must be not only on the EPA’s safer choice list, but they also must have the lowest (safest) ratings on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Safer Choice list but also must have the lowest (safest) ratings on the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) Skin Deep Database (no ingredient should have a higher rating than a 2). In addition, none of our ingredients appear on the Suzuki “Dirty Dozen List" – Our thinking is that products used in your home should have ingredients that would be safe enough to use on your body (of course they aren’t intended for bodies – this was just our standard).

• FREE FROM HARMFUL CHEMICALS including those that are known to be harmful to people or to the planet - Including sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, phosphates, phthalates, parabens artificial fragrances, triclosan, methylisothiazolinone and benzisothiazolinone. Our products are also all free from palm oil.

• NO ARTIFICIAL FRAGRANCES Artificial fragrances are known to be a harmful source of household air pollution. When we formulated these cleaning products added just a hint of essential oils to them – they may smell lighter than many of the cleaning products you are used to. We decided that this was important for creating a healthy clean with low toxicity. 

Nantucket Footprint Ingredient List

Ingredient	What is it?	Used in which Nantucket Footprint products?	Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Skin Deep Rating (scale of 1-10 where 1-2 are rated best)	Listed on Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Safer Choice cleaning ingredients	Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) list of, "expected to be of low concern with more data"
enzymes	biological enzymes  - catalyze the reaction between stains and the water solution - aid stain removal	Unscented Laundry Detergent, Chamomile  Laundry Detergent ( 48 Strip Box & 2 Strip Sample Only)	1	√
blue gardenia	flowering plant (100% natural) - colorant	Toilet Cleaner	n/a	n/a
capryl glucoside	coconut derived surfactant	All-Purpose Cleaner, Glass & Window Cleaner	1	√
citric acid	ph adjuster	Laundry Sheets, All-Purpose Cleaner, Glass & Window Cleaner	2	√
coconut betaine	plant derived foam booster	Laundry Sheets, All-Purpose Cleaner	1	√
decyl glucoside	plant derived surfactant	Laundry Sheets, All-Purpose Cleaner	2	√
glycereth cocoate	water softener	Laundry Sheets, All-Purpose Cleaner, Glass & Window Cleaner	1		√
vegetable glycerin	for texture	Laundry Sheets, All-Purpose Cleaner, Glass & Window Cleaner	2	√
polyvinyl alcohol	biodegradable membrane	Laundry Sheets, All-Purpose Cleaner, Glass & Window Cleaner	1	√
sodium sulfate (note - this is NOT the same as Sodium Laurel or Sodium Laureth Sulfate)	mineral based surfactant	Laundry Sheets	1	√
potassium sorbate	food grade preservative	Laundry Sheets, All-Purpose Cleaner, Glass & Window Cleaner	2	√
sodium citrate	water softener	All-Purpose Cleaner, Glass & Window Cleaner	1	√
sodium gluconate	water softener	Laundry Sheets, All-Purpose Cleaner	1	√
chamomile EO	steam distilled Essential Oil	Laundry Sheets	2
rosemary EO	steam distilled Essential Oil	Glass & Window Cleaner	1
peppermint EO	steam distilled Essential Oil	Glass & Window Cleaner	1
grapefruit EO	cold pressed essential oil	All-Purpose Cleaner	1
bergamot EO	cold pressed essential oil	All-Purpose Cleaner	2