How we scored it
Whole-flower extract of horse chestnut; botanical extracts are rated 1.0 by this site's convention.
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
Made by extracting horse chestnut flowers, typically with water or alcohol. No alternative synthetic route is used.
In plain English
An extract from horse chestnut flowers, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Aesculus Hippocastanum Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Horse Chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum L., Hippocastanaceae
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.
- 2AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AESCULUS%20HIPPOCASTANUM%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT