Personal Care
R3 has independently scored 10 sunscreen products for safety on a 0 to 10 scale. The average safety score is 9.3/10, 9 score 9.0 or higher, and Earth Mama Baby Mineral Sunscreen Lotion SPF 40 leads the category at 10/10.
Across the 10 sunscreen products R3 scored, safety scores range from 7.5/10 to 10/10, with a median of 9/10. The distribution below shows how many land in each safety band.
Highest safety score
Earth Mama Baby Mineral Sunscreen Lotion SPF 40Safety 10/10, the top of 10 sunscreen products R3 scored.
Lowest safety score
All Good Kids Mineral Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 (Zinc Oxide)Safety 7.5/10, the lowest in the set, scored the same way as every other product in the category.
Safety accounts for 45% of the overall score for sunscreen in R3's scoring system (version 1.0.0). Every product in this category is scored against the same published criteria, so these numbers are comparable across the whole set. See how we score products.
Source: R3 (2026). Safety scores on a 0 to 10 scale across 10 independently scored sunscreen products.
R3 has independently scored 10 sunscreen products for safety, with an average safety score of 9.3/10 and a median of 9/10. Scores range from 7.5/10 to 10/10.
Earth Mama Baby Mineral Sunscreen Lotion SPF 40 has the highest safety score among the 10 sunscreen products R3 scored, at 10/10. 9 of 10 score 9.0 or higher on safety.
Safety accounts for 45% of the overall score for sunscreen in R3's scoring system (version 1.0.0). Every product in the category is scored the same way, against the same published criteria.