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
No EU-regulated hazards recognized among 22 ingredients.
Starts at 100; 22 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 2 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
Robust21 of 22 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 21 of 22 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterantiplaqueskin conditioningsolvent | antiplaqueskin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Propanediolsolventviscosity controlling | solventviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Cocos Nucifera Liquid Endosperm | Not in our sources | No data | |
| Cetearyl Isononanoateemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Dicaprylyl Carbonateemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tocopherolfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Tocopheryl Acetateantioxidantskin conditioning | antioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Phyllostachys Bambusoides Leaf Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Laminaria Saccharina Extractskin protecting | skin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Oryza Sativa Bran Oilemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Xanthan Gumbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Polyglyceryl-2 Oleatesurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Polyglyceryl-10 Oleateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Glyceryl Oleate Citratesurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Disodium EDTAchelatingviscosity controlling | chelatingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Phenoxyethanolpreservativeantimicrobial | preservativeantimicrobial | Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Ethylhexylglycerindeodorantskin conditioning | deodorantskin conditioning | 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 |
| Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrateantimicrobialanti-seborrheic | antimicrobialanti-seborrheic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Citric Acidfragrancechelatingbuffering | fragrancechelatingbuffering | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 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.