Horimukai Kenta, Kinoshita Misako, Shamoto Yasutoshi, Inoue Takeshi, Tanida Hisashi
Department of Pediatrics, Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Tokyo, JPN.
Department of Pediatrics, Holy Spirit Hospital, Nagoya, JPN.
Cureus. 2023 Feb 13;15(2):e34918. doi: 10.7759/cureus.34918. eCollection 2023 Feb.
Introduction Personal skincare leave-on products increase the risk of food allergies. Parents must be imparted with an elevated degree of cognizance regarding the allergenic nature of pediatric skincare products. Material and methods We aimed to examine the data inferred from the promotional material on labeling these products about their proclivity to elicit skin sensitization. This study investigated the relationship between food allergens and essential oil ingredients and highlighted marketing terms, product prices, and ratings of moisturizers for children that are sold on Amazon, Japan. We searched and recorded the product labels and website marketing terms, price (per gram or milliliter), the number of reviews, and allergens and investigated the relationship between the percentage of food allergens in those products and marketing terms, price, and the number of Amazon reviews. Results Among the 164 pediatric skincare products we included, 144 (87.8%) that were manufactured in Japan were the most common; 7 (4.3%), 15 (9.1%), 23 (14.0%), 24 (14.6%), and 54 (32.9%) contained the eight regulated food allergens, grain, nut, fruit, and essential oils, respectively. Marketing terms emphasizing "natural/organic" were more likely to contain grain allergens and essential oils and were more expensive with and without "organic" labeling, respectively, whereas those labeled with marketing terms emphasizing "hypoallergenic" were less likely to contain fruit allergens or essential oils. Products with fewer Amazon reviews were more likely to use the marketing term "natural/organic" and had a higher grain allergen content. Conclusion In Japan, 4.3% of children's skincare products sold on Amazon contain eight food allergens that should obligatorily be labeled when included in food products. In addition, more than 10% of these children's skin care products contain ingredients derived from nuts, while more than 30% contain fruit extracts or essential oils.
引言 个人护肤免洗产品会增加食物过敏的风险。必须让家长对儿童护肤产品的致敏性有更高程度的认识。
材料与方法 我们旨在研究从这些产品的促销材料中推断出的有关其引发皮肤致敏倾向的数据。本研究调查了食物过敏原与精油成分之间的关系，并突出了在日本亚马逊上销售的儿童保湿霜的营销术语、产品价格和评分。我们搜索并记录了产品标签和网站营销术语、价格（每克或每毫升）、评论数量以及过敏原，并研究了这些产品中食物过敏原的百分比与营销术语、价格和亚马逊评论数量之间的关系。
结果 在我们纳入的164种儿童护肤产品中，最常见的是144种（87.8%）日本制造的产品；分别有7种（4.3%）、15种（9.1%）、23种（14.0%）、24种（14.6%）和54种（32.9%）产品含有八种受监管的食物过敏原、谷物、坚果、水果和精油。强调“天然/有机”的营销术语更有可能含有谷物过敏原和精油，无论有无“有机”标签，其价格都更高，而那些标有强调“低敏”营销术语的产品则不太可能含有水果过敏原或精油。亚马逊评论较少的产品更有可能使用“天然/有机”营销术语，且谷物过敏原含量更高。
结论 在日本，亚马逊上销售的儿童护肤产品中有4.3%含有八种食物过敏原，这些过敏原如果包含在食品中则必须强制标注。此外，这些儿童护肤产品中有超过10%含有坚果衍生成分，而超过30%含有水果提取物或精油。
