Seven of 10 sunscreens fail to meet SPF label claims

Friday 30 October 2026 · 3 outlets · 3 reports · updated Fri 30 Oct, 10:24am

In this story Consumer NZ, Cancer Society

Consumer NZ testing found that seven out of 10 sunscreens failed to meet their advertised SPF claims. While all products met broad-spectrum requirements, one expensive sunscreen labelled as SPF50 was found to provide only SPF14.

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1. 1NewsFri 30 Oct, 7:17am

   Seven of 10 sunscreens tested fail to meet their SPF label claims (opens in new tab)

2. StuffFri 30 Oct, 8:47am

   Seven in 10 sunscreens failed SPF label test, Consumer NZ says (opens in new tab)

3. NZ HeraldFri 30 Oct, 10:24am

   Seven of 10 tested sunscreens fail to meet SPF label – Consumer NZ (opens in new tab)