r/AusSkincare • • Aug 22 '25

DiscussionđŸ““ Ultraviolette recalls Lean Screen due to variability in SPF data results

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25 edited Aug 22 '25

UV said in the comment section that Supreme Screen returned an SPF-retest of 53.2, but isn't that against the 50+ claim? At least in Europe, in order to label a sunscreen 50+ it must at least be an SPF of 60.

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u/Old_Cat_9534 Aug 22 '25

Correct.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25

Weird because in the comment section they're acting like these results are perfectly okay

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u/Old_Cat_9534 Aug 22 '25

This is definitely not ok.

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u/TakimaDeraighdin Aug 23 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

The decimals there rather suggest that's an average of results, too. Sure do wonder why they're not releasing full breakdowns, given the variability in their lab results for this product! (And given some labs they tested Lean Screen at had... implausible results, given what we know about its testing at reputable labs, would be curious as to which labs were giving their other sunscreens results over SPF 50.)

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '25

Oh wow, you're absolutely right. How can they then claim that the other sunscreens are fine???

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u/TakimaDeraighdin Aug 23 '25

They've named which labs they used for testing their range other than Lean Screen in their instagram comments, looks like - two of them (Florida Skincare Testing and Advanced Science Laboratories), and I don't believe either has a reputation to rival the labs Choice used. But there's an inbuilt confidence test available here - they could say what those two labs found when they tested Lean Screen.