How we scored it
Whole botanical extract; all mass is sugar maple plant carbon.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.
Where it comes from
Derived from sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum), typically from sap or bark by water/solvent extraction. No synthetic alternative is in commercial use.
In plain English
An extract from sugar maple trees that conditions skin, often used in gentle, natural-origin moisturising and exfoliating products.
CosIng definition: Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract is the extract of the sugar maple, Acer saccharum, Aceraceae
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2ACER SACCHARUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ACER SACCHARUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ACER%20SACCHARUM%20EXTRACT