Organic Cotton Super Plus Tampons vs Tampons: which is safer?
These two grade almost identically. Pick on price and preference; neither has a PFAS edge.
Natracare
Organic Cotton Super Plus Tampons
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 100/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
organic cotton, no added fluorochemicals
Confidence
82%
Seventh Generation
Tampons
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 100/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
organic cotton, cardboard applicator
Confidence
88%
Where these two actually differ
- Neither product has a hazard flagged against it, which is uncommon and is why both grade as well as they do.
- The Natracare is organic cotton, no added fluorochemicals where the Seventh Generation is organic cotton, cardboard applicator, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
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 →
More tampons: see the full ranking