Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz vs ! Mineral Mattescreen SPF 40: which is safer?
Goddess Garden Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Goddess Garden
Natural Sunscreen SPF 30 6 oz
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components
PossibleSkin irritation or photosensitivity from plant oils
Supergoop
! Mineral Mattescreen SPF 40
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTalc contamination with asbestos or tremolite
PossibleSilica inhalation risk
PossibleFragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Skin irritation or photosensitivity from plant oils on the Goddess Garden and not on the Supergoop.
- We flag Talc contamination with asbestos or tremolite and Silica inhalation risk on the Supergoop and not on the Goddess Garden.
- Both carry a flag for Fragrance allergens and undisclosed fragrance components, so neither choice avoids it.
- The Goddess Garden is mineral-based UV filters, plant-derived waxes where the Supergoop is mineral UV filters, silica, talc or silicates, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Goddess Garden is the one to buy.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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