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The one rule

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/Cetaphil/Soothing Gel Cream with Aloe
Soothing Gel Cream with Aloe
Cetaphil

Soothing Gel Cream with Aloe

skincareGTIN 302994105151

Your composite

65OUT OF 100Fair
100
Safety
—
Eco
30
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

2-point split

100

Scan

98

Precautionary

100

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    100

Labor

  • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
    30

Coverage & match quality

2 ratings · 2 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

  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan100 on 0–100→100
Single raterpillar100

Why the safety score

Greenlens Ingredient Scan

Independent · EU regulatory reference

100/100

No EU-regulated hazards recognized among 19 ingredients.

Starts at 100; 19 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.

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Weighted by what you care about

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Environmentalno rating

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

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Packagingno rating

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·17 of 19 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 17 of 19 listed ingredients; 2 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
Allantoin 0.5→—Not in our sourcesNo data
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder→skin conditioningskin conditioning4/10IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Butyrospermum Parkii Oil→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Caprylyl Glycol→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside→cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Citric Acid→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glycine Soja Oil→perfumingemollientskin conditioningperfumingemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil→fragranceemollientskin conditioningfragranceemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Methylpropanediol→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Panthenol→antistatichair conditioningskin conditioningantistatichair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Pantolactone→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Polyisobutene→film formingbindingviscosity controllingfilm formingbindingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer→film forminganticakingemulsion stabilisingfilm forminganticakingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Sorbitan Oleate→surfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - emulsifying6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Tocopherol→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Water→antiplaqueskin conditioningsolventantiplaqueskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
container-96d1d0e75f21a6ab772b6ac3d0 .pd-slider→—Not in our sourcesNo data