SC Johnson to disclose fragrance ingredients

HOUSEHOLD cleaning products leader SC Johnson announced that it will expand its ingredient disclosure program by providing product-specific fragrance ingredient information. Beginning in the spring of 2015, consumers will have access to the main ingredients used to create the fragrances in SC Johnson products, the company said.

SC Johnson chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson announced the initiative during his remarks at the American Oil Chemists’ Society World Conference in Montreux, Switzerland, on Thursday. It marks the first such initiative by a major U.S. consumer packaged goods company to provide fragrance ingredient information at the product level.

Expanding on its voluntary ingredient disclosure program first launched in 2009, SC Johnson will begin disclosing air care fragrance ingredients present at the highest concentrations down to .09% of the product formula. While the number of fragrance ingredients disclosed will vary by product but, on average, consumers should expect to find a range of 10 to 50 fragrance ingredients.  

Initially, SC Johnson will first begin to disclose product-specific fragrance ingredients in its air care products – including sprays, candles, oils and gels – in the U.S. and Canada. European consumers will be able to access this information on WhatsInsideSCJohnson.com in the future.

The program will then expand into other product categories, including home cleaning. For those product categories outside of air care, where fewer fragrance ingredients are used, SC Johnson will list fragrance ingredients present at a concentration of more than .09% in the final product or the top 10 fragrance ingredients, whichever provides the most information for consumers. Additional fragrance ingredients found in SC Johnson products that are not disclosed are present at extremely low concentrations and will continue to be available via the company’s online palette of fragrance ingredients.