Founder, Sketchy Labels
Darren du Preez
Darren founded Sketchy Labels to make ingredient labels readable. He writes the guides from the published regulation and research cited at the end of each one, and updates them when the rules change.
Guides by Darren
- How to read an ingredient label
- Ingredients regulators have restricted
- Checking products for kids
- Ingredients to ask about while breastfeeding
- Skincare ingredients to ask about while pregnant
- Common irritants for sensitive skin
- What “fragrance” hides on a label
- Titanium dioxide: why the EU took it out of food
- Food dyes: Red 40, Yellow 5 and Red 3
- Parabens: which ones are limited, and why
- Sulfates: SLS, SLES and “sulfate-free”
- PFAS: spotting “forever chemicals” on a label
Guides explain published regulation and research; they aren't medical advice.