365 Diapers (Whole Foods) are ECF, and free of fragrance, latex, and TBT. We are also calling them Sneaky Stuff because of their lack of disclosure about phthalates, dyes, and lotion.
Price per diaper: $0.24
Earth’s Best Tendercare Diapers At first glance these diapers appear to be at least Good Stuff: they use a “plant based plastic” for their top-sheet and back-sheet and a cellulose fluff/SAP/bio-SAP core. However, there is no info on whether Earth’s Best diapers are phthalate-free or lotion-free. They do claim to be dye-free, but don’t give any info on what is used for the print. There is a general absence of transparency about the composition and percentage of the diaper that uses “plant-based plastic.”
Price per diaper: $0.32
Huggies Diapers are ECF, and free of fragrance, lotion, latex and parabens. The label states that they are “EU 26 allergens free,” as well. I’m not moving them from Sneaky Stuff because they do not disclose any information about phthalates, dyes, or the composition of the back-sheet.
Price per diaper: $0.59 to $0.88
Kirkland Signature Diapers As many of you know, Kirkland has made some great improvements to their diaper, and now appear to be free of latex, chlorine, fragrance, lotion, and artificial dyes. That said, there is no evidence that they are free of phthalates (we chatted with a rep and they said that they were unable to provide an answer about phthalates) and of course they are still made of petroleum-based plastics. They state that “some of the polyethylene is made from sugar cane” I would like say they’ve upgraded from Bad Stuff to Okay Stuff, but with a lable that boldly claims that these diapers are “made with plant-based materials,” coupled with the lack of transparency on phthalates, we have to call these green-washed, and therefore Sneaky Stuff.
Price per diaper: $0.26
Mamma Bear (Amazon brand) are ECF, fragrance free, latex free and hypoallergenic, but have no further information available. Mama Bear gets a “Sneaky Stuff” designation for lack of disclosure about phthalates, dyes, and lotion.
Price per diaper: $0.16
Rascal & Friends Premium Diapers A few of you asked about this brand, but the response we received was: “Unfortunately, we are unable to provide a detailed ingredients list of our diapers, as this is commercially sensitive. We are proud to say that our products are free from formaldehyde, elemental chlorine, phthalates, parabens, gluten, and endocrine disruptors. We also have a focus on no nasties, and our diapers contain no latex or fragrances and we only use water-based inks! The inks we use are non-toxic and completely harmless to baby’s skin.” Without more details on what is in these diapers, we will consider them Sneaky Stuff.
Price per diaper: $0.22
Up & Up Diapers (Target) are Sneaky Stuff because the label states “petroleum-free lotion” and “perfume-free” as opposed to simply being lotion-free and fragrance-free, although we did confirm that they do not contain phthalates.
Price per diaper: $0.43
268 comments
Lauren
Really hoping for a review of Aleva Diapers. They are still expensive but seem to be the only “biodegradable” diaper we can afford being in Canada. Since 7th generation seems to be sneaky etc. I have a couple cloth diapers for rotation but with two dogs and a cat we are already doing so much laundry it just doesn’t seem to work for our household to do 100% cloth diapers. In the past we’ve been given some Huggies Diapers and I used some since they were free and I HATE the smell plus she reacted to them so I’ve never even bothered to try pampers. She’s never had a reaction to the Aleva ones and they are odorless which I like. I can’t find any negative reviews on them so I hope they are okay.
Maia James
Yes, definitely! It’s on the list.
Alison
Have you looked into Simple Truth diapers from Kroger? They claim to be chlorine free and “plant based”.
Maia James
I haven’t yet, sorry!
Maia James
I feel like it’s sort of trial and error with diaper sizing. My babies were above average in weight but long and skinny, and the size 0 worked well. Congrats!
Tina
What about Cuties? I read about them in an article about safe diapers but also affordable! Have you heard about them?
Thanx in advance
Love your site :))
Alison
Thank you so much for your research, it has been so helpful!
I was wondering if you could add the gDiapers disposable inserts to your list?
Danielle
Hello,
I am wondering if you’ve found anything out about the little journey brand from aldi yet.
Thank you
Danielle
Deserae
Hello! We have our first baby due in march. We are planning on using bambo diapers (or possibly parasol co. But looking for more reviews on them). Eco friendly and chemical free are the most important factors to us. My question after reading that bambo run big is what size should we get to have waiting for our newborn I was going to go with size 1 since the weight range seems like it would fit a newborn but now I’m thinking size 0 if they run big??
Maia James
Andy Pandy is Good Stuff:)