Consumers hoping to hydrate and heal damaged skin might not want to buy store-brand products that claim to contain aloe vera because there is no evidence of the plant existing in those products at all, Bloomberg reported.
According to Bloomberg, "various lab tests" have shown that stores like CVS, Walmart and Target sell products that "showed no indication of the plant" despite listing aloe barbadensis leaf juice as the first or second ingredient.
And since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn't evaluate or approve cosmetics before they're sold, there's nothing stopping retailers from selling the products as advertised.
Read more at Bloomberg.
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