Oxybenzone-Free Sunscreen List: 25 Chemical and Hybrid Labels
Last updated November 8, 2026
The Active ingredients line of the Drug Facts box settles it in seconds, and a label that passes rules out one filter only: all 25 here still rely on others, from avobenzone and homosalate to octinoxate.
Oxybenzone-free does not mean mineral. These 25 are chemical and hybrid sunscreens sold in the US whose FDA label lists no oxybenzone, with each label's active ingredients and percentages as printed. We read every one on 9 November 2026 on the label images filed with DailyMed, the FDA's label database, and 24 link to the Amazon US listing we matched to that label.
| SPF | Product | Active ingredients (label) | Format | Label read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Neutrogena Beach Defense Sunscreen Lotion (link opens 6.7 fl oz; a second FDA label under this name lists oxybenzone 4%, and this listing's panel shows the oxybenzone-free formula) | Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (15%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%) | Lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Aug 2025 Full FDA label |
| 70 | Neutrogena Beach Defense Sunscreen Spray (link opens 6.5 oz; label read is the 5 oz can; a second FDA label under this name lists oxybenzone 6%, and this listing's panel shows the oxybenzone-free formula) | Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (15%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%) | Spray Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Nov 2025 Full FDA label |
| 70 | Neutrogena Beach Defense Kids Sunscreen Spray (link opens a 2-pack of 6.5 oz cans) | Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (15%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%) | Kids spray Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Nov 2025 Full FDA label |
| 70 | Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Sunscreen Lotion (link opens 8 fl oz) | Avobenzone 2.8%, Homosalate 9.5%, Octisalate 4.7%, Octocrylene 8.5% | Lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Dec 2025 Full FDA label |
| 60 | Aveeno Protect + Hydrate Sunscreen, Body (link opens 3 fl oz) | Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (13.5%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%) | Body lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Nov 2025 Full FDA label |
| 60 | Aveeno Protect + Hydrate Sunscreen, Face (link opens 2 fl oz) | Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (13.5%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%) | Face lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Nov 2025 Full FDA label |
| 60 | La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-In Milk Sunscreen (another FDA carton under this name lists oxybenzone 3.86%; this listing's panel shows the oxybenzone-free formula) | Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 7% | Face and body lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Jan 2024 Full FDA label |
| 55 | Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunscreen (link opens 3 fl oz) | Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (10%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%) | Lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Oct 2026 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Lotion Sunscreen (link opens 3 fl oz; another Amazon listing under this name still shows a panel with oxybenzone 4.5%) | Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (15%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%) | Gel lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Nov 2025 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Neutrogena Clear Face Breakout Free Sunscreen (link opens 3 fl oz; the SPF 55 Clear Face lists oxybenzone) | Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (10%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%) | Face lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Nov 2025 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Coppertone Sport Sunscreen Lotion (link opens 7 fl oz; label read is the 3 fl oz tube; SPF 70 and 100 Coppertone Sport labels list oxybenzone) | Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 4.5%, Octocrylene 8% | Lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Jan 2026 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Coppertone Kids Sunscreen Spray (link opens a 2-pack of 5.5 oz cans; label read is the 8.3 oz can; a 3-pack listing under this name still shows a panel with oxybenzone 6%) | (To Deliver) Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 5% | Kids spray Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Jan 2026 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Banana Boat Sport Sunscreen Lotion (link opens 8 fl oz; label read is the 12 fl oz bottle) | Avobenzone 2.7%, Homosalate 7.5%, Octisalate 4.5%, Octocrylene 5.0% | Lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Oct 2026 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Sun Bum Premium Moisturizing Sunscreen Lotion (link opens 8 oz; percentages from the printed tube, which differ from the typed FDA text) | Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 10% | Lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, May 2026 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Supergoop! Unseen Sunscreen | Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 7%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 9% | Face sunscreen Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Jun 2026 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Supergoop! PLAY Everyday Lotion | Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 7.5% | Face and body lotion Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Jun 2026 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Eucerin Advanced Hydration Ultra-Light Fluid (link opens 1.7 fl oz) | Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 10% | Face fluid Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Jan 2026 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Bioré UV Aqua Rich Glow Enhancing Facial Moisturizer (link opens 1.7 fl oz) | Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 5% | Face moisturizer Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Jun 2026 Full FDA label |
| 35 | Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer (link opens 3 fl oz; the SPF 50 Cetaphil lists oxybenzone) | Avobenzone 2.8%, Homosalate 9.5%, Octisalate 4.8%, Octocrylene 7% | Face moisturizer Chemical filters only |
FDA label image, Aug 2026 Full FDA label |
| 50+ | EltaMD UV Sport (link opens 3 oz; label SPF 50+, listing title 50) | Octinoxate 7.5%, Octisalate 5.0%, Zinc Oxide 9.0% | Body lotion Hybrid: chemical filters plus a mineral |
FDA label image, Jun 2024 Full FDA label |
| 50+ | Banana Boat Baby Mineral Enriched Sunscreen (link opens 6 oz; label read is the 5 fl oz can; label SPF 50+, listing title 50) | Homosalate 9.0%, Octisalate 3.0%, Octocrylene 6.0%, Zinc Oxide 7.3% | Baby lotion spray Hybrid: chemical filters plus a mineral |
FDA label image, Nov 2025 Full FDA label |
| 50 | Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Hybrid, Mineral Combo (no matching Amazon US listing found) | Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 5%, Zinc Oxide 5% | Face and body lotion Hybrid: chemical filters plus a mineral |
FDA label image, Jan 2025 Full FDA label |
| 46 | EltaMD UV Clear (listing also sells tinted and other SPF versions; check that SPF 46 is selected) | Octinoxate 7.5%, Zinc Oxide 9.0% | Face sunscreen Hybrid: chemical filters plus a mineral |
FDA label image, Jun 2025 Full FDA label |
| 40 | EltaMD UV Daily (link opens untinted; the listing also sells a tinted version) | Octinoxate 7.5%, Zinc Oxide 9.0% | Face sunscreen Hybrid: chemical filters plus a mineral |
FDA label image, Apr 2026 Full FDA label |
| 30 | Olay Complete Lightweight Lotion with Sunscreen, Sensitive (link opens a 2-pack of 2.5 oz; the listing title omits Sensitive and its panel matches this label) | Octinoxate 7.5%, Octisalate 2.5%, Octocrylene 2.5%, Zinc Oxide 6.9% | Face lotion Hybrid: chemical filters plus a mineral |
FDA label image, Jul 2026 Full FDA label |
How to read the table. "Active ingredients" is the label's own line, percentages as printed. "Label read" links the label image and gives the month the label was published on DailyMed. SPF is the number on the label, which sometimes differs from the Amazon title. Hybrids combine chemical filters with zinc oxide. Chemical sunscreens come first, then hybrids, each ordered by labeled SPF. Prices are left off on purpose; they change daily.
What oxybenzone-free does and does not tell you
The claim is exact and narrow: one filter is missing. All 19 chemical labels in the table combine avobenzone, homosalate, octisalate and octocrylene. Of the six hybrids, four pair zinc oxide with octinoxate, alone or with octisalate and octocrylene, and two add zinc oxide to homosalate, octisalate and octocrylene. On our own pages we rate avobenzone, homosalate, octisalate, octocrylene and octinoxate 2 out of 5.
This list does not show that an oxybenzone-free sunscreen is safer. In the FDA's 2021 proposed order, those same five filters and oxybenzone were all proposed as not generally recognized as safe and effective, for lack of data. The order has not been finalized, and all six remain on sale in the US. Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are the two filters the FDA proposed, in 2019, as safe and effective; that finding is also not final.
Same name, different formula
A product name does not tell you which formula you are holding. These products have an FDA label or an Amazon panel that lists oxybenzone alongside the oxybenzone-free version in the table:
- Neutrogena Beach Defense SPF 70 lotion and spray. Oxybenzone-free labels are in the table; other FDA labels for the same products list oxybenzone 4% (lotion) and 6% (spray). The linked Amazon listings show the oxybenzone-free panels.
- La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-In Milk SPF 60. One FDA carton lists oxybenzone 3.86%; the carton in the table and the linked Amazon panel list none.
- Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel SPF 50. The FDA label we read lists none, and neither does the linked listing, but another Amazon listing under this name still shows a panel with oxybenzone 4.5%.
- Coppertone Kids Sunscreen Spray SPF 50. The current FDA label lists none, but a 3-pack Amazon listing under this name still shows a panel with oxybenzone 6%; the linked 2-pack's panel lists none.
- Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Body Mist SPF 70. One FDA label lists oxybenzone 6%; the "new look" label lists none and says "Free of: Oxybenzone" on the can. We left this one out of the table because we could not match it to an Amazon listing under the same name.
Read the Drug Facts box on the pack you buy; for a same-name product, that is the only reliable check.
If you want no chemical filters at all
Choose a mineral sunscreen, whose Active ingredients line names only zinc oxide, titanium dioxide or both. None of the rows above is mineral-only. Our mineral sunscreen list has 24 labels with their percentages, and the non-nano guide covers particle claims.
How to check any label
Find the Active ingredients line at the top of the Drug Facts box. In the US, oxybenzone is an active ingredient, so a sunscreen that uses it must name it there with its percentage. If you have only a full ingredient list, paste it into our sunscreen ingredient decoder, which recognizes every spelling and trade name of oxybenzone in our UV filter dataset. To go the other way, see which sunscreens contain oxybenzone.
How we checked
We pulled DailyMed's listings for about 40 sunscreen brands, kept products sold in the US whose title lists no oxybenzone, and read each candidate's label image for the printed Drug Facts box, and the SPF where the image shows it (two Banana Boat back labels do not; their SPF is the FDA listing's), rather than the typed label text alone. We looked for a second label under the same name, then checked the Amazon US listing against the label's name and SPF, and against its ingredient panel wherever one was shown. Where the typed FDA text and the printed label disagree, we use the printed label.
Left out: products whose label image was too small to read reliably, among them Eucerin Advanced Hydration SPF 50 lotion; labels with no matching Amazon US listing, among them Coppertone Defend & Care Clear Zinc Face SPF 50, Sun Bum Signature Clear SPF 50 and Eucerin Gentle Protection Daily Lotion SPF 30; Vacation Classic Lotion, which we found on Amazon US only in bundles; a CeraVe AM SPF 30 whose label on file is a Canadian carton. Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Hybrid has no matching Amazon US listing but stays in the table, unlinked, because hybrid labels are harder to find. This is a list of labels we read, not every oxybenzone-free sunscreen on the market.
Our Verdict
Oxybenzone-free is a real and checkable claim, but a narrow one. All 25 labels here list no oxybenzone, and the Drug Facts box is the only place a buyer needs to look to confirm it. None is free of chemical filters: 19 combine avobenzone, homosalate, octisalate and octocrylene, and the six hybrids pair zinc oxide with chemical filters, four of them with octinoxate. Five of those filters, the same as oxybenzone, carry the FDA's 2021 proposed finding of not generally recognized as safe and effective for lack of data. Use the list to avoid oxybenzone; it does not show that the sunscreen you pick is safer.
Pros
- Every row was read on the printed label, and 24 of the 25 link to the listing we matched to it
- Oxybenzone is named with its percentage in the Drug Facts box of any US sunscreen that uses it, so the claim is easy to confirm
- Sold at labeled SPF 30 to 70, in face, body and kids formats
Cons
- All 25 use other chemical filters, so this is not a list of mineral sunscreens
- Every chemical filter in the table is also proposed as not generally recognized as safe and effective, for lack of data, in the FDA's 2021 proposal, which is not final
- Same-name products can have a second FDA label or an Amazon panel that lists oxybenzone, so check the box you buy
Recommended: Raw Elements Face + Body SPF 30 — an oxybenzone-free mineral alternative: non-nano zinc oxide 23% is its only active ingredient
Frequently Asked Questions
Which sunscreens are oxybenzone-free?
All 25 US sunscreens in this list show no oxybenzone on the label we read on 9 November 2026: 19 chemical sunscreens, such as Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch SPF 55 and Coppertone Sport SPF 50 lotion, and six hybrids that add zinc oxide, such as EltaMD UV Clear SPF 46. A sunscreen whose only actives are zinc oxide, titanium dioxide or both also contains none; our mineral sunscreen list covers those.
Is oxybenzone-free the same as mineral?
No. Oxybenzone-free means one filter is absent. A mineral sunscreen lists only zinc oxide, titanium dioxide or both, while the chemical sunscreens in this list use avobenzone, homosalate, octisalate and octocrylene instead, and the hybrids mix zinc oxide with chemical filters.
Where do I check a label for oxybenzone?
Read the Active ingredients line at the top of the Drug Facts box. A US sunscreen that uses oxybenzone must name it there with a percentage. The same chemical appears as benzophenone-3 or BP-3 on European and Asian ingredient lists, and EU rules require sunscreens that use it as a UV filter to say "Contains Benzophenone-3". A front-of-pack claim is a shortcut, not proof.
Is benzophenone-free the same as oxybenzone-free?
Oxybenzone is benzophenone-3, so a benzophenone-free claim covers it, and also covers two other sunscreen filters in the same family, dioxybenzone (benzophenone-8) and sulisobenzone (benzophenone-4). None of the 25 labels here lists any of the three. Benzophenone itself is a different chemical: 22 of the 25 list octocrylene, and our octocrylene page covers its breakdown into benzophenone as a bottle ages.
Why does the same sunscreen have two labels?
Several products have two FDA labels on file at once, one listing oxybenzone and one without it, and a store listing can still show an older panel. Neutrogena Beach Defense SPF 70 and La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-In Milk SPF 60 both have such a pair. The product name does not tell you which one you are holding, so read the Drug Facts box on the pack you buy.
What about oxybenzone-free sun cream?
Sun cream is the British word for sunscreen. This list covers US labels. On European packs, look for benzophenone-3 in the ingredient list and for the statement "Contains Benzophenone-3", which EU rules require when it is used as a UV filter.