Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50

Name: Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50
Brand: Hawaiian Tropic

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Contaminants · 4

From lab tests of this product’s family

Sheer Touch chemical lotion with mica

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab. No published safety limit to compare against.

Lead8.6 ppbfound

Detected · no published limit

Measured in: Sheer Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30, 8 fl oz

ArsenicNDnone found

Not detected

Measured in: Sheer Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30, 8 fl oz

CadmiumNDnone found

Not detected

Measured in: Sheer Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30, 8 fl oz

MercuryNDnone found

Not detected

Measured in: Sheer Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30, 8 fl oz

Ingredients · 33

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Common questions

Is Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 healthy?

Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 scores 15/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Sheer Touch chemical lotion with mica. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50?

Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 lists 33 ingredients, starting with Avobenzone, Homosalate, Octisalate, Octocrylene and Water. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50?

Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 has no NOVA group. Tallow works NOVA out from the ingredient list, and it does not apply to supplements or non-food products; a food whose ingredients are not all classified yet stays unknown instead of being guessed. Either way the processing axis scores it neutrally.

How does Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 compare to other sunscreen?

At 15/100 Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 scores worse than most sunscreen we have scored. A higher-scoring option in sunscreen is Tallow & Zinc Sunscreen at 97/100.

Is Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 organic?

Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 is not certified organic in our data.

Has Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Water-based avobenzone/homosalate/octocrylene lotion (DIA, cetearyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol) containing mica; no zinc/TiO2, cocoa or nut) with the other products in its family, Sheer Touch chemical lotion with mica, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 contain heavy metals?

Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lightweight Broad-Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection Hydrating Nourishing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected lead at 8.6 ppb in Sheer Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30, 8 fl oz. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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