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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/NIVEA/Sensitive Immediate Protect+ SPF30
NIVEA

Sensitive Immediate Protect+ SPF30

sunscreenGTIN 4005900605498

Your composite

57OUT OF 100Fair

range 55–65

83▲▼ split
Safety
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Eco
30
Labor
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Pkg

Why this score

20-point split

80

Scan

100

Precautionary

88

Tolerance

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Flagged

3 ingredients

What's flagged →

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 20-point gap between the two loudest voices.

80Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependent
vs
100Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 20 pts apart
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    80
  • IARC MonographsGovernmentunverified match
    82
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    100
  • ANSES Endocrine DisruptorsGovernmentunverified match
    80
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    88

Lowest 80 · highest 100 · gap 20

Also screened — no listing found

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

Environmental

    Also screened — no listing found

    • EU Microplastics Restriction

    Labor

    • Cruelty-Free CertificationNonprofitunverified match
      30

    Coverage & match quality

    6 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 Scan80 on 0–100→80
    • IARC Monographs82 on 0–100→82
    • Greenlens Precautionary Screen100 on 0–100→100
    • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors80 on 0–100→80
    • Greenlens Tolerance Screen88 on 0–100→88
    Average of 80 · 82 · 100 · 80 · 88pillar83

    Raters split here, so this 83 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

    80/100

    Flagged 6 of 32 ingredients: 2 restricted.

    • N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)- P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE SULFATEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10
    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDEEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

    Starts at 100; 30 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 20 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×
    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

    • N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)- P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE SULFATE4 positions →
    • Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder4 positions →
    • POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE / SODIUM HYDROXIDE3 positions →

    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Good·22 of 32 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on 22 of 32 listed ingredients; 10 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
    Alcohol Denat→fragranceantimicrobialantifoamingfragranceantimicrobialantifoaming6/10ANSES endocrine candidate· flagged by 3 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Isopropyl Palmitate→perfumingfragranceemollientperfumingfragranceemollientNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Ethylhexyl Salicylate→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerExamined, no flagReferenced
    Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerExamined, no flagReferenced
    Dibutyl Adipate→film formingemollientplasticiserfilm formingemollientplasticiserNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxy→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    phenyl Triazine→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Dicaprate→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Ethylhexyl Triazone→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerExamined, no flagReferenced
    Gly→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    ceryl Stearate→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid→uv filteruv absorberlight stabilizeruv filteruv absorberlight stabilizerExamined, no flagReferenced
    Glycerin→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder→skin conditioningskin conditioning4/10IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Tocopheryl Acetate→antioxidantskin conditioningantioxidantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Copernicia Ceri→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    fera Cera→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil→emollientskin conditioningviscosity controllingemollientskin conditioningviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Cetyl Palmitate→fragranceemollientskin conditioningfragranceemollientskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Microcrystalline Cellulose→abrasiveabsorbentanticakingabrasiveabsorbentanticakingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Cellulose Gum→fragrancefilm formingbindingfragrancefilm formingbindingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Xanthan Gum→bindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingbindingemulsion stabilisinggel formingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate→cleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - emulsifyingcleansinghair conditioningsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
    Sodium Hydroxide→bufferingdenaturantbufferingdenaturant4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
    Sodium Chloride→fragranceoral carebulkingfragranceoral carebulkingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Hydroxyacetophen→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    one→—Not in our sourcesNo data
    Caprylyl Glycol→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
    Trisodium EDTA→chelatingchelatingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued