Coverage & match quality
3 ratings · 2 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 4 of 43 ingredients: 1 prohibited, 3 regulated allergens. Score capped: a prohibited (banned) substance is present.
Penalties alone would give 36, 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; 39 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.
Data availability
Robust42 of 43 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 42 of 43 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| aqua/water/eau | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized | |
| glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| carthamus tinctorius seed oilfragranceskin conditioning | fragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| coco-caprylate/caprateemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| caprylic/capric triglycerideperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| argania spinosa kernel oilemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| polyglyceryl-10 oleateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| propanediolsolventviscosity controlling | solventviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| populus tremuloids bark extract | Not in our sources | No data | |
| mucor miehei extractastringent | astringent | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| betula alba juiceastringenttonic | astringenttonic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| rhus glabra bark/berry/root extractanti-sebumastringentskin conditioning | anti-sebumastringentskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| rhodiola rosea root extractemollientskin protecting | emollientskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| symphytum officinale leaf extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| capparis spinosa bud extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| morus nigra leaf extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| althaea officinalis root extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| vaccinium macrocarpon fruit extractastringent | astringent | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| aloe barbadensis leaf juiceskin conditioning | skin conditioning | IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| bisabololfragrancesoothingskin conditioning | fragrancesoothingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| allantoinsoothingskin conditioningskin protecting | soothingskin conditioningskin protecting | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| zingiber officinale root oilperfumingfragrancetonic | perfumingfragrancetonic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| citrus aurantium bergamia peel oil | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced | |
| candelilla/jojoba/rice bran polyglyceryl-3 estersemulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | emulsion stabilisingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| cetearyl alcoholemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| cetyl palmitatefragranceemollientskin conditioning | fragranceemollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| sorbitan palmitatesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| xanthan gumbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| glyceryl stearateemollientsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| cellulose gumfragrancefilm formingbinding | fragrancefilm formingbinding | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| sorbitan oleatesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| sodium stearoyl lactylatesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| glucosamine hclantistatichair conditioning | antistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| ureahumectantantistaticbuffering | humectantantistaticbuffering | EU-prohibited· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Well-characterized |
| pentylene glycolskin conditioningsolvent | skin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| caprylyl glycolemollientdeodoranthair conditioning | emollientdeodoranthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrateantimicrobialanti-seborrheic | antimicrobialanti-seborrheic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| sodium benzoatepreservativefragranceanticorrosive | preservativefragranceanticorrosive | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| potassium sorbatepreservativefragrance | preservativefragrance | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| phenethyl alcoholfragrance | fragrance | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| citric acidfragrancechelatingbuffering | fragrancechelatingbuffering | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| limoneneperfumingdeodorantsolvent | perfumingdeodorantsolvent | ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| linaloolperfumingdeodorant | perfumingdeodorant | EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from leapingbunny.org ↗
Researched facts on Greenlens always carry the page that stated them — nothing is inferred from a model's memory.