UNIQLO Knitted Sweater, How To Prevent UV?

As a result, some customers took the knitted sweater to the Provincial Bureau of textile inspection and carried out the detection of UV coefficient.

[public questions]

How does this sweater prevent ultraviolet rays?

At the end of June, Mr. Zeng saw a women's knitted sweater, which claimed to be able to resist "UV" (UV), at the flagship store of Chunxi Road UNIQLO. The original price was 199 yuan, when the special price was 149 yuan.

"The price is actually affordable, usually buying a sunshade at random costs more than 200 yuan.

But such a lightweight knitted fabric can protect against ultraviolet light, which is rarely heard.

Are businessmen deliberately exaggerating to make a gimmick?

According to Mr. Zeng's report, the reporter then made a special trip to the flagship store of UNIQLO.

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What kind of knitted sweater is cheap and functional, and what kind of craft is it produced? How high is the UV protection coefficient? The reporter has turned over the signs on the clothes and failed to find the answer.

In addition to a label on the basic information of clothing origin, type, color, size and so on, there is a sign specially labeled "UV CUT" (anti UV).

It says, "lighten the UV impact on the skin", but there is no introduction to the manufacturing process, the principle of UV protection, the added ingredients and the UV protection coefficient.

The reporter asked the shop guide: "how does this dress protect against ultraviolet radiation?"

"What is the high-tech ingredient?" "I don't know."

Subsequently, the reporter searched the Internet for this.

In July 1st, Mr. Xiang sent a UV knitted sweater he bought at the store to the Sichuan provincial Fiber Inspection Bureau for UV detection.

[reporter survey]

Anti UV labels are different in content.

As long as there is "anti ultraviolet" logo can really play the role of UV protection? Then, reporters on other UV products are compared.

In a supermarket, a common UV protection umbrella ranges from twenty to several hundred yuan.

But careful observation can still reveal the mystery.

The low cost anti UV umbrella has no other information except for the word "anti ultraviolet" on the label, and it comes from the UV protection umbrella of the regular manufacturer. The sign has a clear description of the principle of UV protection and UV protection coefficient.

In the interview survey, the reporter found that most of the anti UV clothing currently launched on the market are sports brand and outdoor brand.

Such as NIKE GOLF2010, OZARK, North Face and so on.

Reporters in the Wangfujing department store North Face counters see that the anti "UV" clothing has long sleeves, shirts, T-shirts and other series.

There are very detailed descriptions of principles, materials and so on, which are known as anti ultraviolet functions.

There is also a marked UPF value underneath the sign.

OZARK, Columbia and other brands claim to have anti UV function clothes, and the UPF values are clearly stated on the signs.

As a foreign brand belonging to domestic production and sales, North Face, OZARK and other brands have adopted the domestic GB/T standard for UV protection products, while UNIQLO did not adopt this standard.

[test results]

This sweater does not protect against ultraviolet rays.

Yesterday afternoon, the Provincial Bureau of inspecting the samples of the UNIQLO sweater was released.

The UV protection coefficient UPF is 16.95.

According to a professional, according to the latest assessment standard implemented in January 1st this year, the evaluation of the anti ultraviolet performance of textiles, only when the UPF of the product is greater than 40, and the pmission rate of UVA (UVB) is less than 5%, it can be called "anti ultraviolet product", and the protection grade standard is "UPF40+". When the UPF is greater than 50, the protection grade standard is "UPF50+".

This sweater is not a "UV protection product" at all.

At the same time, the professional also stressed that the national standard is a recommended standard rather than a mandatory standard, that is, enterprises can choose whether to produce UV protection products according to their own circumstances, but once they claim to be "UV resistant products", they must follow this standard.

According to the introduction, according to the evaluation of the anti ultraviolet property of textiles, the anti ultraviolet products should be labeled in the following three aspects: "the number of this standard, that is, GB/T18830-2009; 4050, marked as UPF50+; and the protective performance provided by this product may be reduced under long-term use and under tensile or humid conditions".

Some of the market has claimed to have anti UV function, signs are not marked by the provisions of the anti UV clothing, experts remind consumers, although this kind of clothing will not cause too much harm to the human body, but this is actually misleading consumers.