Total formulation concentration percentages in WERCSmart.

If your overall ingredient concentration is below 100% after you have added all of your ingredients and concentrations, the system will generate the error shown below:

Look over your SDS to confirm that all of your concentrations have been added correctly.
Confirm that your full list of ingredients is added to the formulation, including any non-hazardous components that make up your formulation.
Contact your factory or laboratory that manufactures the formulation to confirm that you have access to the full formulation of your product.
- This would include all ingredients of the formulation as well as the concentrations.
If the concentrations on your SDS are in ranges, you can type in your concentration on the upper side of the range to make sure that you reach 100% overall.
- For example, if an ingredient shows on your SDS as having a concentration of 30-40%, you would be able to enter 40% in your WERCSmart formulation to assist in meet the 100% requirement.
The overall concentration can be greater than 100% however make sure not to go too far over 100% as this could cause suspensions during the Assessment process. Try to keep your overall concentration percentage as close to 100% as possible.
If there is a certain component of your formulation that you cannot find when searching the WERCSmart ingredient database, please proceed to this article: I cannot find my ingredient in WERCSmart.