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Sunscreen: 689 labels checked

689 sunscreens from 304 brands on Open Beauty Facts, read one ingredient at a time. Below: how many pass each of the six checks, the ones that pass, which ingredients decide it, and the most scanned products.

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Six checks across 689 sunscreens

CheckYesNoNot sure
Vegan sunscreens43 (6%)51595
Fragrance-free sunscreens308 (45%)37110
Paraben-free sunscreens644 (93%)3411
Sulfate-free sunscreens655 (95%)2014
Silicone-free sunscreens401 (58%)27711
Alcohol-free sunscreens434 (63%)24213

Yes means the ingredient list contains none of the ingredients that check looks for. Not sure on the vegan check means an ingredient can come from a plant or an animal and the label does not say which.

What decides it most often

Ingredients that turned a check to No in sunscreens, counted across the 400 most scanned lists.

Vegan sunscreens

43 of 689 sunscreens pass the vegan check. The 8 most scanned:

All vegan products

Fragrance-free sunscreens

308 of 689 sunscreens pass the fragrance-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All fragrance-free products

Paraben-free sunscreens

644 of 689 sunscreens pass the paraben-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All paraben-free products

Sulfate-free sunscreens

655 of 689 sunscreens pass the sulfate-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All sulfate-free products

Silicone-free sunscreens

401 of 689 sunscreens pass the silicone-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All silicone-free products

Alcohol-free sunscreens

434 of 689 sunscreens pass the alcohol-free check. The 8 most scanned:

All alcohol-free products

Most scanned sunscreens

Showing the 72 most scanned of 689. Search all sunscreens.

Data: Open Beauty Facts, community database, ODbL license. Categories come from the product name and the community tags, so a few products sit in the wrong group; the check itself reads only the ingredient list. No brand pays for a verdict.