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Pulp GTG Superfood Daily Moisturiser 40 SPF

Pulp GTG Superfood Daily Moisturiser 40 SPF

49/100 overall score

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Ingredient & SPF scores

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UV protection

Weak 32
  • +12 Homosalate at #1, UV filter
  • +8 Ethylhexyl Salicylate at #2, UV filter
  • +30 Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane at #3, UV filter (UVA1 +16)
  • ×0.9 Limited long-UVA1 coverage
  • ×0.72 Avobenzone without a photostabilizer
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Health safety

Medium 57
  • +100 Starting score
  • −40 Homosalate at #1 (regulatory/evidence concern)
  • −3.5 Avobenzone at #3, stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
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Allergens

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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White cast

Low 100
  • +100 Starting score
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Eye sting

Medium 58
  • +100 Starting score
  • −24 Avobenzone at #3, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −9 Homosalate at #1, migrates into eyes with sweat
  • −9 Octisalate at #2, migrates into eyes with sweat
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Heavy feel

Low 98
  • +100 Starting score
  • −2 Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit at #14, butter/occlusive fat
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Comedogenic

Low 91
  • +100 Starting score
  • −9 Persea Gratissima Oil at #6, moderate comedogenic signal
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Fungal acne

Medium 44
  • +100 Starting score
  • −12 1 polysorbate/sorbitan emulsifiers that feed Malassezia (Sorbitan Stearate)
  • −33 2 oils/butters that feed Malassezia (Persea Gratissima Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
  • −9 1 long-chain (C12+) esters that feed Malassezia (Sucrose Cocoate)
  • −2 1 ubiquitous fatty ingredients (Cetearyl Glucoside), weak Malassezia signal
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Fabric stains

Medium 50
  • +100 Starting score
  • −50 Avobenzone at #3, reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
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Moisture

Hydrating
LightNourishing
  • → 1 Glycerin at #28, the anchor humectant
  • → 5 2 strong humectants (Sodium PCA, Saccharide Isomerate)
  • → 5 2 emollient lipids (Persea Gratissima Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Finish

Balanced
MatteDewy
  • → 7 2 emollient lipids (Persea Gratissima Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Fruit)
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Makeup base

Okay
PillsPrimer
  • ← 0.5 Gel polymers prone to pilling under friction (Carbomer)
  • ← 2 Occlusives/waxes float the foundation
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Water resistance

Not resistant
Non-water-resistantWater-resistant

Nothing flagged in the ingredient list.

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Skincare extras

Beneficial actives this formula contains. Informational only, not part of the rating: their effect depends on a concentration the label does not disclose.

  • ✨ Aloe vera

Full ingredient list (32)

What each ingredient does and how it moves each rating: green helps, red hurts, ↑ / ↓ give the direction, and ← / → shift a slider toward its ends (finish, moisture, makeup base). Auto-derived from our scoring rules and the ingredient's position.

  1. 1 Homosalate

    Legacy UV filter (Homosalate), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 12 UV protection
    • ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
  2. Legacy UV filter (Octisalate), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 8 UV protection
    • ↑ 9 migrates into eyes with sweat
  3. Legacy UV filter (Avobenzone), high in the list, a primary filter

    • ↑ 30 UV protection, incl. long-UVA (UVA1)
    • ↓ 3.5 stacked (regulatory/evidence concern)
    • ↑ 24 migrates into eyes with sweat
    • ↑ 50 reacts with iron in wash water into rust-yellow stains
  4. Soothing, skin-conditioning active

  5. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 4 → nourishing humectant
  6. Plant oil, an emollient

    • ↑ 9 moderate comedogenic signal
    • 4 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 6 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 24 feeds malassezia
  7. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  8. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  9. 9 Xylitol

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  10. Supporting ingredient

  11. Botanical extract

  12. Botanical extract

  13. 13 Sodium PCA

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 1 → nourishing humectant
  14. Botanical extract

    • ↑ 2 butter/occlusive fat
    • 1 → nourishing emollient lipid
    • 1 → dewy emollient lipid
    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  15. Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  16. Botanical extract

  17. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 12 feeds malassezia
  18. Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

  19. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

    • ↑ 2 minor malassezia feeder
  20. 20 C14-22 Alcohols

    Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

  21. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  22. Emulsifier, keeps oil and water blended

  23. 23 Sucrose Cocoate

    Emollient, softens and smooths skin

    • ↑ 9 feeds malassezia
  24. 24 Emulsifying Wax

    Occlusive, seals moisture into the skin

  25. 25 Cetyl Alcohol

    Fatty alcohol, an emollient and thickener, not the drying kind

  26. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  27. Emollient, softens and smooths skin

  28. 28 Glycerin

    Humectant, pulls water into the skin

    • 1 → nourishing the anchor humectant
  29. 29 Carbomer

    Thickener and texture, structures the gel or cream

  30. 30 Disodium EDTA

    Chelator, binds stray metal ions to keep the formula stable

  31. Humectant, pulls water into the skin

  32. 32 Phenoxyethanol

    Preservative, keeps the formula from spoiling

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