How we test our products (and what it proves)

It's easy to put a reassuring word on a box. It's harder, and more honest, to test the product and show what came back. Here's what testing actually covers, and what it tells you.

What a real test checks

Independent testing of a pad against international hygiene standards looks at concrete, measurable things, not vibes. The meaningful ones include:

• Absorbency: how much fluid the pad holds, and how fast it absorbs.
• Formaldehyde: a chemical you do not want near your skin.
• Optical brighteners (fluorescent whitening agents): additives used to make products look whiter than they are.
• pH: whether the surface sits in a skin-friendly range.
• Hygiene: that the product is clean and free of harmful bacteria.

Each of those is a number with a pass/fail line. That's what makes a test more useful than a slogan.

What ours has been measured against

Our pads have been independently lab-tested against international hygiene safety standards (GB 15979-2002 and GB/T 8939-2018, the kind of standards applied to leading global brands). Across the measures above, the results came back clean:

• High absorbency, well beyond the minimum the standard requires.
• No formaldehyde detected.
• No optical brighteners detected: the colour you see is the natural colour of the cotton, not a chemical trick.
• A skin-friendly pH.
• Passed hygiene checks for bacteria and contaminants.

Why we say it this way

We deliberately describe what was tested and what passed, rather than reducing it to a single badge. Numbers you can understand build more trust than a logo you can't verify. As more of our range is tested, we'll report that here too.

Read more about how and where our products are made on our transparency page, or start with our most-tested product, the 330mm Night Pads.