Coverage & match quality
2 ratings · 1 of 4 axes
no black box
We don't rate products ourselves. We collect what each public rater already says, put every scale on common ground, and keep the disagreements visible instead of averaging them away.
Collect each rater's own score
Every source keeps its native verdict for this product. We never invent a score for an axis a source didn't measure.
Normalize to 0–100, higher = better
Raters can use different scales and directions: some where a low number means safe, some where a high one does. We map them all onto one 0–100 axis and flip the ones that run backwards so the numbers are finally comparable.
Average per axis, but keep the spread
Scores on the same axis become one representative number (their mean). When raters split by 20+ points we flag it and keep every rater's number. A disagreement is never blended into silence.
Your weights make the overall
The ring is the weighted average of the four pillars using your weights. It's computed fresh every time and never stored, so there's no hidden “objective” default.
worked example · Ingredient safety
Greenlens Ingredient Scan
Independent · EU regulatory reference
Flagged 2 of 57 ingredients: 1 prohibited, 1 restricted. Score capped: a prohibited (banned) substance is present.
Penalties alone would give 35, but a prohibited substance is present, so the score is capped at 15 — a genuine hazard isn’t diluted away by a long ingredient list.
Starts at 100; 55 other ingredients carried no recognized regulated hazard. Absence of a flag means no regulated hazard was recognized — not proof of safety. This is one lens; see where raters disagree above.
Why this score
Every ingredient, under all three lenses
The Scan is one opinion. The strict and lenient lenses read the same list and land 85 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.
Tune your weights
composite recomputes live
+No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.
Data availability
Robust56 of 57 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 56 of 57 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water/Aqua/Eausolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Caprylic/Capric Triglycerideperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| C10-18 Triglyceridesemollientskin conditioningsolvent | emollientskin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Niacinamidesmoothing | smoothing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Acrylates Copolymerfilm formingbindingopacifying | film formingbindingopacifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Behenyl Alcoholemollientbindingemulsion stabilising | emollientbindingemulsion stabilising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Punica Granatum Pericarp Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tranexamic Acidastringentskin conditioning | astringentskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Glutamic Acidhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Allantoinsoothingskin conditioningskin protecting | soothingskin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Saxifraga Sarmentosa Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium PCAhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Hyaluronatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Aphanizomenon Flos-Aquae Extracthumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ureahumectantantistaticbuffering | humectantantistaticbuffering | EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Well-characterized |
| Yeast Amino Acidshumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Trehalosehumectantmoisturising | humectantmoisturising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Inositolhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Taurinebuffering | buffering | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Betainehumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Melia Azadirachta Flower Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extractemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Solanum Melongena Fruit Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Curcuma Longa Root Extractperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Coccinia Indica Fruit Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Corallina Officinalis Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ocimum Basilicum Flower/Leaf Extracttonic | tonic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hydroxyacetophenoneantioxidant | antioxidant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Saccharomyces Fermentskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Butylene Glycolfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Aminobutyric Acidhair conditioning | hair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lauroyl Lysinehair conditioningskin conditioningviscosity controlling | hair conditioningskin conditioningviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Fructosehumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Pentylene Glycolskin conditioningsolvent | skin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Maltosefragrancemoisturisingskin conditioning | fragrancemoisturisingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Lactatehumectantbufferingkeratolytic | humectantbufferingkeratolytic | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Glycineantistaticbufferinghair conditioning | antistaticbufferinghair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Lecithinemollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Polyglyceryl-3 Stearatesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Carboxymethyl Starchfilm formingbindingemulsion stabilising | film formingbindingemulsion stabilising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Caprylic Acidperfumingfragrancecleansing | perfumingfragrancecleansing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Glucosehumectant | humectant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Maltodextrinfilm formingabsorbentbinding | film formingabsorbentbinding | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Chloridefragranceoral carebulking | fragranceoral carebulking | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrateantimicrobialanti-seborrheic | antimicrobialanti-seborrheic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetatechelating | chelating | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Hydroxidebufferingdenaturant | bufferingdenaturant | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Citric Acidfragrancechelatingbuffering | fragrancechelatingbuffering | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Capryloyl Glycinecleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - cleansing | cleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - cleansing | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Chlorphenesinpreservativeantimicrobial | preservativeantimicrobial | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Dehydroacetic Acidpreservative | preservative | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Potassium Sorbatepreservativefragrance | preservativefragrance | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Benzoatepreservativefragranceanticorrosive | preservativefragranceanticorrosive | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Pee | Not in our sources | No data |