Fabuloso: It Smells Incredible Because It's Mostly Surfactant, Fragrance and Dye
The scent that sells it is the product. The preservative worth knowing is buried at item nine.
Fabuloso's whole appeal is the smell, and the label reflects that: after water and detergents, the standouts are a single undisclosed 'Fragrance' and a colorant that does nothing but tint the liquid. The one genuinely worth flagging is glutaral (glutaraldehyde), a preservative that is a recognized respiratory sensitizer, listed ninth with no concentration. None of this is a disaster, but you are mostly buying scent and color, applied to the surfaces you touch.
The label, flagged
Water
Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate
surfactant
FragranceCAUTION
Not a hazard in itself, but a legal black box. “Fragrance” can shield ingredients (including EU-banned ones) that you are never told are there.
undisclosed blend
C9-11 Alketh-8
surfactant
Deceth-8
surfactant
Sodium C10-16 Alketh Sulfate
surfactant
Sodium Laureth SulfateCAUTION
The sulfate itself just cleans, the real issue is 1,4-dioxane, a probable carcinogen created when it's made, that never appears on the label.
Citric Acid
Glutaral
glutaraldehyde, a respiratory sensitizer
Colorants
dye, cosmetic only
Source: Colgate-Palmolive SmartLabel. View label. Tap any flagged ingredient for the evidence.
What to use instead
The fix isn’t complicated: a fragrance-free or fully-disclosed alternative, with the ingredients flagged on this label designed out, closes these gaps at once. We pick the ones worth your money.
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