Vaseline

Vaseline
Product typePetroleum jelly, body lotion
OwnerUnilever
CountryUnited States
Introduced1872 (1872)
MarketsWorldwide
TaglineThe Healing Power of Vaseline
Websitevaseline.com Edit this at Wikidata
Vaseline in container. Produced in USSR.

Vaseline (/ˈvæsəln/)[1][2][note 1] is an American brand of petroleum jelly-based products owned by transnational company Unilever.[3] Products include plain petroleum jelly and a selection of skin creams, soaps, lotions, cleansers, and deodorants.

In many languages, the word "vaseline" is used as generic for petroleum jelly; in Portugal, the Unilever products are called Vasenol, and in Brazil and some Spanish-speaking countries, the Unilever products are called Vaseline.

  1. ^ "Definition of Vaseline". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Define Vaseline". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. ^ Speser, Phyllis L. (2012). The Art and Science of Technology Transfer. John Wiley & Sons. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-118-42893-1.


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