Mecca Cosmetica To Save Body SPF 50+: Measured 51, and Counted Two Ways
Last updated September 13, 2026
CHOICE measured SPF 51 against a label of SPF 50+ in June 2025 and counted it as meeting the claim; the TGA applies a threshold of SPF 60 to an SPF 50+ product, and counted it as one of 18 that did not.
The second of the two contested results in the CHOICE round. At 51, the product clears CHOICE's threshold for an SPF 50+ claim and falls short of the SPF 60 test result the TGA says the Australian standard requires.
What was tested
CHOICE measured SPF 51, 12 June 2025
CHOICE measured SPF 51 against a label of SPF 50+. In the body's own words:
Mecca Cosmetica To Save Body SPF 50+ Hydrating Sunscreen – tested at 51
This result is contested: the body that measured it counted the product as meeting its claim, and the regulator counts the same figure as a shortfall against its own threshold. Both counts are set out on this page.
Method, as CHOICE states it: AS/NZS 2604:2021, incorporating ISO 24444 (in vivo SPF) and ISO 24443 (in vitro UVA); a 10-person panel under a solar simulator, run at Eurofins Dermatest in Sydney.
What happened next
- on a TGA page stamped 30 September 2025 — The TGA restated the CHOICE distribution and set out its own count, noting that under the current Australian standard an SPF 50+ product must have a test result of at least SPF 60 and that it therefore considers 18 of the 20 products not to have met the testing requirements. TGA.
Market status: no change has been published by any source cited here. Statuses in this story moved repeatedly between 2025 and 2026, so check the regulator before assuming a product is still on sale.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did Mecca Cosmetica To Save Body pass or fail?
CHOICE counted it among the four products that met their claims. The TGA counted 18 of 20 as not meeting the testing requirements, because under the current Australian standard an SPF 50+ product must have a test result of at least SPF 60. Both bodies published their threshold.
Did Mecca respond to the result?
No Mecca response appears in CHOICE's article or media releases, and none is reproduced here.
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