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 Friday, May 29, 2009

According to this article a £3 sun lotion from Asda was among the best is a test carried out by Which? The low priced lotion offered a better defence than some other brands which cost three times as much. In the survey 14 products were tested, all of which claimed to offer a protection factor of 15. However, only five of the products actually met this standard. In fact the sun cream from Asda was found to offer a protection level of 24, more than was stated on the bottle. Some the creams which failed to make the standard were sold by Tesco, Marks and Spencer and Wilkinsons. It just goes to show you don’t always have to spend a lot of money to get a good product.

Friday, May 29, 2009 8:15:22 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [1]    |  |   |  Trackback
Friday, May 29, 2009 4:13:17 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Interesting that such greats as Tesco and M & S should get it wrong, or did they? The law relating to claims for sun care means that if a product tests higher than the next step (SPF20) then it should be labelled as SPF20. Two points, at this level of protection the chemicals to get the extra 5 becomes exponential, these chemicals are very expensive, do you seriously think ASDA would throw superfluous chemicals at a £3 product? Second point what this suggests is variability of testing - every year Which? do this. Every cosmetic product that makes a claim has to have independant testing data to support those claims. And every year no one takes any notice of their article.
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