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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/La Roche-Posay/Effaclar Gel moussant purifiant
Effaclar Gel moussant purifiant
La Roche-Posay

Effaclar Gel moussant purifiant

cleansers200mlGTIN 3337872411083

Your composite

48OUT OF 100Poor

range 44–58

69▲▼ split
Safety
—
Eco
30
Labor
46
Pkg

Why this score

42-point split

56

Scan

98

Precautionary

88

Tolerance

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Flagged

6 ingredients

What's flagged →

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 42-point gap between the two loudest voices.

56Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
vs
98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 42 pts apart
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    56
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    88
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    85

Lowest 56 · highest 98 · gap 42

Also screened — no listing found

  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • IARC Monographs
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
  • California Proposition 65

Recognized on a safer-ingredients list

  • US EPA Safer Choice (SCIL) — 73% of ingredients recognized

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Labor

    • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
      30

    Packaging

    • Greenlens Packaging ScanIndependentunverified match
      46

    Coverage & match quality

    6 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

    • Greenlens Ingredient Scan56 on 0–100→56
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen88 on 0–100→88
    • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist85 on 0–100→85
    Average of 56 · 98 · 88 · 85pillar69

    Raters split here, so this 69 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

    56/100

    Flagged 5 of 23 ingredients: 2 restricted, 2 of concern.

    • ZINC ACETATE / ZINC CHLORIDE / ZINC GLUCONATE / ZINC GLUTAMATEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12

    Starts at 100; 18 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 42 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.

    1.0×
    1.0×
    0 means ignored. Higher = more weight in your composite.

    Flagged ingredients

    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)3 positions →
    • ZINC ACETATE / ZINC CHLORIDE / ZINC GLUCONATE / ZINC GLUTAMATE3 positions →
    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDE3 positions →
    • CITRIC ACID4 positions →
    • Phenoxyethanol3 positions →
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)3 positions →

    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Robust·22 of 22 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on all 22 listed ingredients.

    Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
    IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
    AQUA→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    WATER→antiplaqueskin conditioningsolventantiplaqueskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE→cleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingfoamingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    PEG-8→humectantsolventhumectantsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    COCO-BETAINE→antistaticcleansinghair conditioningantistaticcleansinghair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    HEXYLENE GLYCOL→perfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingperfumingsurfactant - cleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    SODIUM CHLORIDE→fragranceoral carebulkingfragranceoral carebulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    PUNICA GRANATUM PERICARP EXTRACT→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    ZINC PCA→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioning4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    PEG-120 METHYL GLUCOSE DIOLEATE→surfactant - emulsifyingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    SODIUM CITRATE→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    SODIUM HYDROXIDE→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    CAPRYLYL GLYCOL→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    CITRIC ACID→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    TRISODIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINE DISUCCINATE→chelatingchelatingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    MALTODEXTRIN→film formingabsorbentbindingfilm formingabsorbentbindingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    PENTYLENE GLYCOL→skin conditioningsolventskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    TOCOPHEROL→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    SODIUM BENZOATE→preservativefragranceanticorrosivepreservativefragranceanticorrosiveNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    PHENOXYETHANOL→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    PARFUM→perfumingfragranceperfumingfragrance4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    FRAGRANCE→—4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced