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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/Sum Bum/Broad Spectrum SPF 70
Broad Spectrum SPF 70
Sum Bum

Broad Spectrum SPF 70

sunscreen6ozGTIN 13045812

Your composite

69OUT OF 100Fair

range 65–84

63▲▼ split
Safety
—
Eco
74
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

39-point split

78

Scan

55

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Cleaner options

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Flagged

4 ingredients

What's flagged →

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 39-point gap between the two loudest voices.

55Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
vs
94Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 39 pts apart
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    78
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    55
  • ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernmentunverified match
    60

Lowest 55 · highest 94 · gap 39

Also screened — no listing found

  • California Proposition 65
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • IARC Monographs
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Labor

    • Open Beauty Facts CertificationsNonprofitunverified match
      74

    Coverage & match quality

    5 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 Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
    • Greenlens Ingredient Scan78 on 0–100→78
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen55 on 0–100→55
    • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors60 on 0–100→60
    Average of 94 · 78 · 55 · 60pillar63

    Raters split here, so this 63 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

    78/100

    Flagged 4 of 14 ingredients: 1 restricted, 1 of concern.

    • N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)- P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE SULFATEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12

    Starts at 100; 12 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 39 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

    All three lenses →

    Weighted by what you care about

    Tune your weights

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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.

    Flagged ingredients

    • Homosalate4 positions →
    • Octocrylene3 positions →
    • N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)- P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE SULFATE4 positions →
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)3 positions →

    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Robust·14 of 14 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on all 14 listed ingredients.

    Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
    IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
    Avobenzone→—Examined, no flagReferenced
    homosalate→uv filteruv absorberfragranceuv filteruv absorberfragrance7/10Endocrine-active· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    octisalate→—Examined, no flagReferenced
    octocrylene→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizer6/10Strong contact sensitizer· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    alcohol denat→fragranceantimicrobialantifoamingfragranceantimicrobialantifoaming6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    poly - ester-8→film formingskin conditioningfilm formingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer→film forminghair fixingfilm forminghair fixingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    ascorbyl palmitate→fragranceantioxidantfragranceantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    caprylic/capric triglyceride→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    dimethicone→emollientantifoamingskin conditioningemollientantifoamingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    fragrance→—4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    PPG-5-ceteth-20→surfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    toco - pheryl acetate→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    trisiloxane→antifoamingskin conditioningantifoamingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued