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Coverage & match quality
6 ratings · 3 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 3 of 51 ingredients: 1 restricted.
Starts at 100; 50 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 10 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.
Data availability
Robust51 of 51 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 51 listed ingredients.
| Ingredient | What it does | Safety | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water/Aqua/Eausolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Butylene Glycolfragrancehumectantskin conditioning | fragrancehumectantskin conditioning | 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 |
| C15-19 Alkanesolvent | solvent | Examined, no flag | Referenced |
| Salvia Hispanica Seed Oilmoisturisingskin conditioning | moisturisingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium PCAhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Trehalosehumectantmoisturising | humectantmoisturising | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Poria Cocos Polysaccharideskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Papainantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Dunaliella Salina Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphateantioxidantskin conditioning | antioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Terminalia Arjuna Extractskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp Extractantioxidanthumectanthair conditioning | antioxidanthumectanthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ascorbyl Methylsilanol Pectinateantioxidantviscosity controlling | antioxidantviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5skin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Sodium Hyaluronatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Phytosterolsskin conditioning | skin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Alginfragrancebindingviscosity controlling | fragrancebindingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Citrus Grandis Peel Oilperfumingfragranceskin conditioning | perfumingfragranceskin conditioning | Examined, no flag | Referenced |
| Phytosteryl Oleatehair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tocopherolfragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | fragranceantioxidantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Serinefragranceantistatichair conditioning | fragranceantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Oleic Acidemollientsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Inositolhumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Helianthus Annuus Seed Oilfragranceemollientskin conditioning | fragranceemollientskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Betainehumectantantistatichair conditioning | humectantantistatichair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Carrageenan | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized | |
| Panthenolantistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | antistatichair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Dipotassium Glycyrrhizatehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Methylpropanediolsolvent | solvent | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Prolinehair conditioningskin conditioning | hair conditioningskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Xylitolhumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Calcium Gluconatehumectantoral careskin conditioning | humectantoral careskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Pantolactonehumectantskin conditioning | humectantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Lecithinemollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | emollientantistaticsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Xanthan Gumbindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | bindingemulsion stabilisinggel forming | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Pentylene Glycolskin conditioningsolvent | skin conditioningsolvent | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Aminomethyl Propanolbuffering | buffering | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Caprylyl Glycolemollientdeodoranthair conditioning | emollientdeodoranthair conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Polyacrylate-13film forming | film forming | EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Acrylates/C10-30Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymerfilm formingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | film formingemulsion stabilisingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetatechelating | chelating | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Polyisobutenefilm formingbindingviscosity controlling | film formingbindingviscosity controlling | No flags in our sources | CosIng-catalogued |
| Ethylhexylglycerindeodorantskin conditioning | deodorantskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Sodium Benzoatepreservativefragranceanticorrosive | preservativefragranceanticorrosive | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Citric Acidfragrancechelatingbuffering | fragrancechelatingbuffering | Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
| Gluconolactonechelatingskin conditioning | chelatingskin conditioning | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Polysorbate 20surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifying | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Potassium Sorbatepreservativefragrance | preservativefragrance | No flags in our sources | Well-characterized |
| Carbomeremulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling | EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagree | Referenced |
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.