NIVEA Soft Moisturizing Cream vs Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream

NIVEA Soft Moisturizing Cream and Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream share 11 parsed ingredients. Differences highlighted below.

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Shared 11NIVEA Soft Moisturizing Cream only 25Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream only 23

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Shared formula

19%

Ingredients in every formula: 11in both formulas
Key actives unique to one formula: 2unique actives
Ingredient rows compared: 59rows compared

From the parsed labels — rows on every label over all compared rows.

The formulas, row by row

59 ingredients across 2 labels

Differences only(48 of 59 rows)

Shared ingredients· none here

Product facts and full ingredient lists side by side
on 2+ labelsonly on this labelnot on this labelIngredient	Nivea NIVEA Soft Moisturizing Cream	Recommended Kiehl's Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream
Basics
Type & size	Moisturizer · size not on the record	Moisturizer · size not on the record
Brand origindiffers	European	American
Offers
Where to buy	Not recorded	Not recorded
Formula
Key activesdiffers	Not recorded	squalane, salicylic acid
Free ofdiffers	sulfate-free, paraben-free, silicone-free	fragrance-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, paraben-free
Heads-updiffers	fragrance allergens · fungal-acne trigger · high pore-rating flag	pregnancy caution · photosensitizing · fungal-acne trigger · high pore-rating flag
Fit & community
Rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Best for	Not recorded	Not recorded
Data quality
Label coveragediffers	Fully parsed · 36 ingredients	Fully parsed · 34 ingredients
Key actives · 2
bha exfoliant	no	yes
squalane	no	yes
Rest of the labels · 46
alpha-isomethyl ionone	yes	no
arachidic acid Fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
avocado oil	no	yes
bht	no	yes
bis-peg-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane	no	yes
carbomer	no	yes
cetearyl alcohol	yes	no
cetearyl glucoside	yes	no
cetyl ricinoleate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
chlorphenesin	no	yes
citric acid	no	yes
citronellol	yes	no
coco-caprylate	yes	no
cyclohexasiloxane	no	yes
disodium cetearyl sulfosuccinate	yes	no
disodium edta	no	yes
drying alcohol	yes	no
ethylhexylglycerin	no	yes
fatty alcohol (non-drying)	no	yes
fragrance	yes	no
gellan gum	yes	no
glycine soja oil	no	yes
hydrogenated coco-glycerides	yes	no
hydroxypalmitoyl sphinganine	no	yes
hydroxypropyl starch phosphate	yes	no
lauric acid Fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
limonene	yes	no
linalool	yes	no
linalyl acetate	yes	no
myristyl alcohol	yes	no
oleic acid Fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
olive oil	no	yes
oryza sativa bran oil	no	yes
peg-8 stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate	no	yes
prunus armeniaca kernel oil	no	yes
pseudoalteromonas ferment extract	no	yes
simmondsia chinensis seed oil	yes	no
sorbitan stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
stearyl alcohol	no	yes
sucrose stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
terpineol	yes	no
tocopheryl acetate	yes	no
triisostearin	yes	no
vegetable oil	yes	no
vitamin e	no	yes

Rows come from parsed labels and live offers. Where a label isn’t fully captured, we say so instead of guessing.

The bottom line

Choose Nivea if you want this formula as listed.

Choose Kiehl's if you want Squalane in the formula.

Both lines come from the parsed labels and the prices on this page — neither product is the reference, and neither is called the better one.

This is not medical advice.

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