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The Government That Grades Your Diapers: Inside Mexico's PROFECO

Mexico's government runs an actual laboratory that tests and publicly ranks diaper brands by name — a level of hands-on consumer protection most wealthy countries leave entirely to private nonprofits or media.

July 20, 2026
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Verify: Compare PROFECO's methodology and funding model to CHOICE (Australia), Which? (UK), and OCU (Spain); interview a PROFECO official on why diapers specifically get this scrutiny.

Placeholder. Mexico's government runs an actual laboratory that tests and publicly ranks diaper brands by name — a level of hands-on consumer protection most wealthy countries leave entirely to private nonprofits or media.

What we've found so far: PROFECO tested 30 diaper models from 21 brands; Huggies Ultra Confort was the only brand to score 'excellent' across every single criterion; results are fully public.

Open research: Compare PROFECO's methodology and funding model to CHOICE (Australia), Which? (UK), and OCU (Spain); interview a PROFECO official on why diapers specifically get this scrutiny.

What brands should watch
  • 01Compare PROFECO's methodology and funding model to CHOICE (Australia), Which? (UK), and OCU (Spain)
  • 02interview a PROFECO official on why diapers specifically get this scrutiny.
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