Formula literacy · No protection score
What roles do these sunscreen ingredients play?
Select names from an ingredient declaration. We will map their published roles and preserve the questions that only finished-product evidence can answer.
Start with one declared ingredient
Select the names you recognise from a label. Unknown ingredients are intentionally ignored instead of being guessed.
Evidence trail
Sources
eu-cosmetics-annex-filter-explorer
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products — Annexes IV and VIUsed for filter and colourant identities in the EU; not an Indian-market permission list.
Accessed Aug 2026
fda-m020-filter-explorer
Over-the-Counter Monograph M020: Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human UseUsed for US filter context; not a rule for Indian products.
Accessed Aug 2026
cole-metal-oxide-filter-explorer
Metal oxide sunscreens protect skin by absorption, not by reflection or scatteringUsed for the optical mechanism of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide films.
DOI 10.1111/phpp.12214PMID 26431814Accessed Aug 2026