About Scholl
Scholl is a foot care brand founded in 1906 by William Scholl in Chicago. Rights to the brand were split decades ago between the Americas (Dr. Scholl's) and the rest of the world; Reckitt Benckiser acquired the international Scholl business in 2010 and agreed in 2021 to sell it to Yellow Wood Partners, which already owned the Americas business. The range covers foot skin care, insoles and products for specific foot conditions.
Foot creams and parabens
Body creams account for 4 of the 7 Scholl products we list, all for feet: a repair cream for very dry feet, a nourishing feet and nails cream, a cracked heel treatment, a regenerating night mask, a Velvet Smooth daily cream and foot bath, and a German Hirschtalg (deer tallow) cream. PHENOXYETHANOL and AQUA appear in all 7, GLYCERIN and PARFUM in 5, and UREA, PETROLATUM, CITRONELLOL, LINALOOL and HEXYL CINNAMAL in 4.
Parabens stand out: they appear in 4 formulas (57%), with BUTYLPARABEN, METHYLPARABEN and PROPYLPARABEN each counted 4 times. Fragrance is declared in 5 (71%), silicones in 4 (57%) and denatured alcohol (ALCOHOL DENAT.) in 2 (29%).
Urea and petrolatum on foot creams
Foot creams often name UREA as a key ingredient; its percentage, if given, is usually stated on the front, while the list shows its position. In the paraben-containing products here, several parabens are used together, so look for every name ending in -PARABEN rather than just one.
Sources: Yellow Wood Partners – to acquire Scholl from Reckitt Benckiser
Products (7)
Most common ingredients
Ingredients that appear most often in Scholl formulas (excluding water, glycerin and fragrance).