Coverage & match quality
2 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 5 of 42 ingredients: 1 restricted, 3 regulated allergens.
Starts at 100; 38 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 19 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
Robust40 of 42 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 40 of 42 listed ingredients; 2 are 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 |
| Glycerinperfuminghumectantdenaturant | perfuminghumectantdenaturant | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Butylene Glycolfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Lactobacillus/Pumpkin Fruit Ferment Filtrateskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Glycolic Acidbuffering | buffering | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Polysorbate 20surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Niacinamidesmoothing | smoothing | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| C12-18 Alkanoyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer | Not in our sources | No data | |
| Gluconolactonechelatingskin conditioning | chelatingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Phytic Acidchelating | chelating | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Mandelic Acidantimicrobial | antimicrobial | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Butyrospermum Parkii Butterskin conditioningviscosity controlling | skin conditioningviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Elaeis Guineensis Butteremollientskin conditioningviscosity controlling | emollientskin conditioningviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Hydroxidebufferingdenaturant | bufferingdenaturant | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Tetrahydroxypropyl Ethylenediaminechelating | chelating | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Hectoriteabsorbentbulkingviscosity controlling | absorbentbulkingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Behenyl Alcoholemollientbindingemulsion stabilising | emollientbindingemulsion stabilising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Arachidyl Alcoholemollientemulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | emollientemulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Tranexamic Acidastringentskin conditioning | astringentskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Dipotassium Glycyrrhizatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oilemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | emollienthair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oilfragranceskin conditioning | fragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oilperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Citrus Limon Peel Oilperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Citrus Paradisi Peel Oilperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | Examined, no flag | Referenced |
| Ricinus Communis Seed Oilperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Zingiber Officinale Root Oilperfumingfragrancetonic | perfumingfragrancetonic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lavandula Angustifolia Oilfragrancetonic | fragrancetonic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Jasminum Sambac Flower Extractperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Vanilla Planifolia Fruitfragrancesmoothingskin protecting | fragrancesmoothingskin protecting | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Viola Odorata Leaf Extractfragrance | fragrance | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Cocos Nucifera Oilperfumingfragrancehair conditioning | perfumingfragrancehair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrateantimicrobialanti-seborrheic | antimicrobialanti-seborrheic | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Peat Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Juniperus Virginiana Oilfragrancetonic | fragrancetonic | EU-regulated fragrance allergen· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Curcuma Longa Root Extractperfumingfragrance | perfumingfragrance | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oilskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Isochrysis Galbana Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Nannochloropsis Gaditana Extractantioxidantskin conditioning | antioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ilex Paraguariensis Leaf Extractperfuminghair conditioningskin conditioning | perfuminghair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Cucumis Sativus Seed Oilemollientskin conditioning | emollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Mimosa Tenuiflora Bark Ext | Not in our sources | No data |
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from crueltyfreeinternational.org ↗
Researched facts on Greenlens always carry the page that stated them — nothing is inferred from a model's memory.