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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/NIVEA/Protective Hand Care Cream 75 ml
Protective Hand Care Cream 75 ml
NIVEA

Protective Hand Care Cream 75 ml

Skin careGTIN 4005808857951

Your composite

66OUT OF 100Fair

range 64–73

79▲▼ split
Safety
90
Eco
30
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

26-point split

72

Scan

98

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Flagged

6 ingredients

What's flagged →

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 26-point gap between the two loudest voices.

72Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
vs
98Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 26 pts apart
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    72
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    98
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)Governmentunverified match
    80
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94

Lowest 72 · highest 98 · gap 26

Also screened — no listing found

  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
  • IARC Monographs
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List
  • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
  • California Proposition 65

Recognized on a safer-ingredients list

  • US EPA Safer Choice (SCIL) — 59% of ingredients recognized

Environmental

  • EU Microplastics RestrictionGovernmentunverified match
    90

Labor

  • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
    30

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 Scan72 on 0–100→72
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen98 on 0–100→98
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)80 on 0–100→80
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
Average of 72 · 98 · 80 · 94pillar79

Raters split here, so this 79 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 5 of 22 ingredients: 1 restricted, 1 of concern, 2 regulated allergens.

  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
  • LinaloolEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
  • Benzyl AlcoholEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III / Reg. (EU) 2023/1545 (labelled fragrance allergen)−3
  • 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 26 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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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

  • Carbomer4 positions →
  • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDE3 positions →
  • Phenoxyethanol3 positions →
  • Linalool4 positions →
  • Benzyl Alcohol4 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
Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Alcohol→emollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingemollientemulsion stabilisingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Glyceryl Stearate→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Cetearyl Isononanoate→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides→emollientskin conditioningemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Cera Alba→perfumingfilm formingemollientperfumingfilm formingemollientNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate→antimicrobialemollientskin conditioningantimicrobialemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
Palmitic Acid→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Stearic Acid→fragrancecleansingemulsion stabilisingfragrancecleansingemulsion stabilisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Dimethicone→emollientantifoamingskin conditioningemollientantifoamingskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Carbomer→emulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controllingemulsion stabilisinggel formingviscosity controlling4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Sodium Hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Caprylyl Glycol→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Myristic Acid→perfumingcleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingperfumingcleansingsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Arachidic Acid→cleansingopacifyingsurfactant - cleansingcleansingopacifyingsurfactant - cleansingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Oleic Acid→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
Phenoxyethanol→preservativeantimicrobialpreservativeantimicrobial4/10Mild sensitizer for some· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Linalool→perfumingdeodorantperfumingdeodorant6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Benzyl Alcohol→preservativeperfumingsolventpreservativeperfumingsolvent6/10EU harmonised skin sensitizer· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
Parfum→perfumingfragranceperfumingfragrance4/10Transparency concern· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced