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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/Cosmia Bio/Vitamin C Radiance Serum
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Cosmia Bio

Vitamin C Radiance Serum

Face CreamGTIN 3596710524150

Your composite

71OUT OF 100Good

range 60–100

71▲▼ split
Safety
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Why this score

28-point split

72

Scan

100

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Cleaner options

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Flagged

6 ingredients

What's flagged →

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 40-point gap between the two loudest voices.

60ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernment
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100Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 40 pts apart
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    72
  • Health Canada Ingredient HotlistGovernmentunverified match
    85
  • IARC MonographsGovernmentunverified match
    82
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    100
  • ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernmentunverified match
    60
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)Governmentunverified match
    80
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94

Lowest 60 · highest 100 · gap 40

Also screened — no listing found

  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • California Proposition 65

Recognized on a safer-ingredients list

  • US EPA Safer Choice (SCIL) — 53% of ingredients recognized

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Coverage & match quality

    7 ratings · 1 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 Scan72 on 0–100→72
    • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist85 on 0–100→85
    • IARC Monographs82 on 0–100→82
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen100 on 0–100→100
    • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors60 on 0–100→60
    • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)80 on 0–100→80
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
    Average of 72 · 85 · 82 · 100 · 60 · 80 · 94pillar71

    Raters split here, so this 71 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

    72/100

    Flagged 4 of 36 ingredients: 1 restricted, 1 of concern, 2 regulated allergens.

    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)Common transparency/sensitization concern (not a regulatory ban)−12
    • CitralEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
    • LimoneneEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3

    Starts at 100; 32 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 28 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.

    Laborno rating

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

    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

    • ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE POWDER4 positions →
    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDE3 positions →
    • CITRIC ACID4 positions →
    • Fragrance / Parfum (undisclosed)3 positions →
    • Citral5 positions →
    • Limonene5 positions →

    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Good·30 of 36 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on 30 of 36 listed ingredients; 6 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
    AQUA→solventsolventNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    CAPRYLIC→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE→—No flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    PROPANEDIOL→solventviscosity controllingsolventviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    GLYCERIN→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    POTASSIUM CITRATE→chelatingbufferingchelatingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    ASCORBYL GLUCOSIDE→antioxidantantioxidantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    HYDROGENATED ETHYLHEXYL OLIVATE→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    GLUCONOLACTONE→chelatingskin conditioningchelatingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    POLYGLYCERIN-3→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    FRUIT EXTRACT→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE POWDER→skin conditioningskin conditioning4/10IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    SODIUM STEAROYL GLUTAMATE→cleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - emulsifyingcleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    HELIANTHUS ANNUUS→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    SEED WAX→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    TOCOPHEROL→fragranceantioxidantskin conditioningfragranceantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    HYDROGENATED OLIVE OIL UNSAPONIFIABLES→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    SESAMUM INDICUM→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    SEED OIL→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    SCLEROTIUM GUM→emulsion stabilisingskin conditioningviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisingskin conditioningviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    JOJOBA ESTERS→emollientmoisturisingsoothingemollientmoisturisingsoothingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    SQUALANE→emollienthair conditioningrefattingemollienthair conditioningrefattingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    SODIUM PHYTATE→chelatingoral carechelatingoral careNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    GLYCERYL STEARATE→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    XANTHAN GUM→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    CETEARYL ALCOHOL→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    CALCIUM GLUCONATE→humectantoral careskin conditioninghumectantoral careskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE→bufferingbuffering4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    POTASSIUM SORBATE→preservativefragrancepreservativefragranceNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    SODIUM CITRATE→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbufferingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    SODIUM BENZOATE→preservativefragranceanticorrosivepreservativefragranceanticorrosiveNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    CITRIC ACID→fragrancechelatingbufferingfragrancechelatingbuffering4/10Health Canada Hotlist — restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    PARFUM→perfumingfragranceperfumingfragrance4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    CITRAL→perfumingflavouringperfumingflavouring7/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    LIMONENE→perfumingdeodorantsolventperfumingdeodorantsolvent7/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced