Free Resources
Everything we use, that we don't sell.
Barcode scanners, ingredient databases, Australian recall alerts and free certification checkers. We don't own any of them, none of them pay us, and we've pointed all of them at our own shelf. Nothing here is an affiliate link. Last checked August 2026.
Three decisions worth making once
Each of these is a one-off. Do it properly once and it stops being something you think about.
Photograph the ingredient list into INCIDecoder. It explains every ingredient, cites its sources, and never has a coverage gap.
A logo is a claim. A number in a public database is evidence. ACO, GOTS and OEKO-TEX all publish free searches.
Ten minutes on the ACCC site, filtered to what you care about, and it works quietly forever.
Read the ingredient list
These never have coverage gaps, because they read the label rather than looking a barcode up in a database.
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Paste, type or photograph an ingredient list and get a plain-English breakdown of every ingredient, with sources. The one we open most.
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Finds microplastics hidden in an ingredient list. From the Plastic Soup Foundation.
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Browser extension that flags concerning ingredients while you shop on Amazon, Sephora, iHerb and others. Donation funded, not ad funded.
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Australian, by researcher Bill Statham. Works offline. One-off purchase.
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Scan a barcode
Faster, but built market by market. Australia is a small market, so expect some products to come back unknown. That is a gap in the database, not a verdict on the product.
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The most widely used scanner. Flags additives, suspected endocrine disruptors, irritants and allergens.
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Rates beauty, personal care, household, baby and pet products from 0 to 10. Skews North American.
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Skin Deep, Food Scores and the Guide to Healthy Cleaning in one app. US catalogue.
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The web database behind the app, running since 2004. Good for a first question.
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Volunteer-built and openly published. Gappy, but you can personally fix the gap.
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Check it against Australian sources
The local tools, which the international apps cannot replace.
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Search recalls, then set free alerts filtered to the categories you care about. The only tool here that comes to find you.
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The chemicals excluded and restricted by their certified brands, searchable.
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Search products certified Toxic-Free, Made Safe, allergy certified, cruelty free and vegan.
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Every Bud product carries a certification number. Type it in. A logo is a claim; a number in a public database is evidence.
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The environmental and social record of the companies behind common Australian supermarket brands.
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Over 5,000 products with the company information behind them. One-off purchase, and it funds a not-for-profit.
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Verify a certificate
Each of these takes under a minute and settles the question.
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Confirm an organic textile claim is current, and that it covers what the label says it covers.
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Enter the certificate number or scan the QR code. Tells you who holds the label and which categories it covers.
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The current cruelty-free standard. Australia's Choose Cruelty Free merged into Cruelty Free International in 2021, so the old CCF rabbit is legacy branding.
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Read the actual score breakdown rather than the badge. Some very average scores carry a very confident logo.
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Work out how to get rid of it
Both are Australian and council-specific, which is the part every other recycling guide skips.
Change the habit, not the product
Sometimes the swap is behavioural.
Or make it somebody else's decision
Perfectly reasonable, and it is most of what we do. Our free guides distil this into something you can act on in an afternoon. For a room-by-room audit there's the Home Consult. And if you simply want the shelf restocked without the plastic, there's the Refill Club.
The fine print, which is short. Nothing on this page is an affiliate link. We haven't verified every rating in every app and we don't agree with all of them. If one of these tools scores a product we sell badly, we'd genuinely rather you told us. That is what the Pure Standard is for. This is a shopping resource, not medical advice. Found something excellent we've missed? Send it to us.