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We never blend a score that hides who disagrees. Funding model travels with every rating. Weights are computed at read time and never stored.

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Catalog/mamaearth/Mung Bean Pore Cleansing Foam Scrub with Mung Bean, AHA & BHA for Normal to Oily Skin - 100 g
Mung Bean Pore Cleansing Foam Scrub with Mung Bean, AHA & BHA for Normal to Oily Skin - 100 g
mamaearth

Mung Bean Pore Cleansing Foam Scrub with Mung Bean, AHA & BHA for Normal to Oily Skin - 100 g

skincare

Your composite

73OUT OF 100Good

range 65–88

47▲▼ split
Safety
86
Eco
85
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

69-point split

90

Scan

25

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Cleaner options

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 69-point gap between the two loudest voices.

25Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
vs
94Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Same category, ranked by ingredient safety, never by affiliate payout.

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 69 pts apart
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    55
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    90
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    25
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)Governmentunverified match
    80

Lowest 25 · highest 94 · gap 69

Also screened — no listing found

  • California Proposition 65
  • IARC Monographs
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors

Recognized on a safer-ingredients list

  • US EPA Safer Choice (SCIL) — 58% of ingredients recognized

Environmental

  • EU Microplastics RestrictionGovernmentunverified match
    86

Labor

  • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
    85

Coverage & match quality

7 ratings · 3 of 4 axes

  • Some ratings rest on an automatic match that has not been human-reviewed.
  • Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.

no black box

How this score is built

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.

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    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

  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist55 on 0–100→55
  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan90 on 0–100→90
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen25 on 0–100→25
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)80 on 0–100→80
Average of 55 · 90 · 94 · 25 · 80pillar47

Raters split here, so this 47 is a midpoint, not a consensus. The spread stays on the “every rater” list above.

Why the safety score

Greenlens Ingredient Scan

Independent · EU regulatory reference

90/100

Flagged 2 of 38 ingredients: 1 restricted.

  • Salicylic AcidEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

Starts at 100; 37 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 69 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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Weighted by what you care about

Tune your weights

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No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

0 means ignored. Higher = more weight in your composite.

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust·35 of 38 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 35 of 38 listed ingredients; 3 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.

Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
Water→antiplaqueskin conditioningsolventantiplaqueskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Stearic Acid→fragrancecleansingemulsion stabilisingfragrancecleansingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate→cleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - cleansingcleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate→cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Zea Mays Starch→abrasiveabsorbentanticakingabrasiveabsorbentanticakingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glyceryl Stearate→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Acrylates Copolymer→film formingantistaticbindingfilm formingantistaticbinding4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate→cleansingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Lauric Acid→cleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingcleansingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine→antistaticcleansinghair conditioningantistaticcleansinghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Myristic Acid→perfumingcleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingperfumingcleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycol Distearate→emollientopacifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientopacifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cellulose Beads→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Niacinamide→smoothingsmoothingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Butylene Glycol→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Squalane→emollienthair conditioningrefattingemollienthair conditioningrefattingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Betaine→humectantantistatichair conditioninghumectantantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Vigna Radiata Seed Extract→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate→surfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Halomonas Ferment Extract→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Ectoin→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Imidazolidinyl Urea→preservativepreservative8/10Carcinogen-linked· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Propanediol→solventviscosity controllingsolventviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glyceryl Glucoside→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Sodium PCA→humectantantistatichair conditioninghumectantantistatichair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Propylene Glycol→humectantskin conditioningsolventhumectantskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Lactic Acid→humectantbufferingskin conditioninghumectantbufferingskin conditioning4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Glycolic Acid→bufferingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Salicylic Acid→preservativefragranceanti-seborrheicpreservativefragranceanti-seborrheic6/10EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2)· flagged by 4 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Tocopheryl Acetate→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Hydrogenated Castor Oil→emollientsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Polysorbate 20→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetyl Alcohol→fragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingfragranceemollientemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Sodium Gluconate→chelatingskin conditioningchelatingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Ethylhexylglycerin→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
IFRA Certified Fragrance→—Not in our sourcesNo data

Where this came from

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Researched facts on Greenlens always carry the page that stated them — nothing is inferred from a model's memory.