How we label a sunscreen

Reef Label is a SKU database. A person reads the Drug Facts, records the actives, and runs them against written rules. That is the whole product.

Why we do this

Some UV filters damage coral. That is why Maui, the Big Island, Palau, and the US Virgin Islands wrote the rules we check against. Warming water does more harm than any bottle of sunscreen. The tube is still the part a traveler controls, so it is worth getting right.

Sources

Manufacturer pages first. DailyMed when the brand site is incomplete or when formulas have history (Banana Boat Sport, Hawaiian Tropic). County and session-law text for Hawaii. We date-stamp the day we read the page. Catalog date on this build is 2026-08-16.

What a date means

lastVerified is the scrape or DailyMed-read date, not the build date, and not a studio photo date. Sunscreen formulas move. If your bottle disagrees with our table, your bottle wins. Paste the actives into the checker.

Pack shots

Product images on brand pages are manufacturer pack shots or DailyMed label scans, credited under the picture. They are identification, not Reef Label photography. We do not crop, recolor, or otherwise disguise a brand photo as a tube we shot. When we photograph a physical Drug Facts panel, that photo date replaces the scrape date for that SKU.

What we do not claim

We have not worn these bottles in the ocean for this catalog. We will not write that we did.

Money

Affiliate programs are not wired yet. When they are, links will go through a disclosed redirect. A higher commission cannot flip a fail. Site-wide disclosure lives in the footer.

Contact hello@reeflabel.com. Corrections welcome with a photo of the Drug Facts panel.