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The Period Company The High Waisted Period Underwear scores higher on safety - here's why.
R3 scored the The Period Company The High Waisted Period Underwear 9.4/10 and the Saalt Leakproof Comfort Brief 6.9/10 on the same period underwear scoring system, weighing safety, efficacy, and usability. The The Period Company The High Waisted Period Underwear comes out ahead, led by its safety score (9.3/10 vs 6.8/10).
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Go for it if you...
You want verified PFAS-free protection at a budget price
You want an organic cotton skin-contact layer you can read on the label
You need heavy-day or overnight absorbency from one pair
You care more about a published lab result than a certification logo
You want a soft modal body with the highest absorbency in this group for heavy or overnight flow
You are reassured by an independent non-detect result even when the brand does not publish its own report
You want a fully disclosed layer stack and an OEKO-TEX Standard 100 fabric
The main thing to know
For around fourteen dollars a pair this is the budget standout, and the main thing to know is that the fabric carries no standalone textile certificate even though the brand publishes its third-party PFAS results.
An independent lab found no detectable fluorine on Saalt, so this is very likely clean. It ranks behind the leaders only because Saalt does not publish its own third-party lab report, and the reassuring result comes from an outside tester rather than the brand.
Skip this if you...
You specifically want an OEKO-TEX or GOTS certified fabric
You prefer an all-natural absorbent core rather than a polyester one
You want a wider range of cuts than this single high-waisted style
You want the brand itself to publish a named third-party PFAS lab certificate before you buy
You prefer a fully natural-fiber skin-contact layer rather than a polyester gusset core
You only need light-day protection and do not need this much absorbency
Neither of these quite what you're looking for?
I've reviewed all Period Underwear options at every price pointEvery Period Underwear in our database is scored using R3's deterministic scoring system - the same inputs always produce the same score. For this comparison, we evaluated The Period Company and Saalt across 3 independent criteria: Safety (95%), Efficacy (4%), Usability (1%). No sponsored rankings. No paid placements.
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I'd start with The Period Company The Period Company The High Waisted Period Underwear - it scored 9.4/10 overall in our scoring system. Safety is our top-weighted scoring pillar, followed by efficacy, and usability. Check which pillar matters most to your family and compare those specific scores.
R3 uses a deterministic scoring system - the same inputs always produce the same score. We evaluate each Period Underwear across Safety, Efficacy, Usability using independently verified data. No sponsored rankings. No paid placements. Every score is fully reproducible.
Not necessarily. The overall score reflects how we weight those three pillars, but your priorities may differ. If you care most about safety, compare the safety scores directly. If budget drives your decision, the prices tell a clearer story. The "right" pick is the one that matches what matters most to your family.
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