How we scored it
Whole extract of button mushroom; this site's convention sets botanical/fungal extracts to 1.0.
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
Produced by extracting cultivated button mushrooms with water, glycerin or an alcohol solvent. No synthetic alternative is used.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from the common button mushroom. It is produced by extracting the mushroom with water, alcohol or a similar solvent.
CosIng definition: Agaricus Bisporus Extract is an extract of the Mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, Agaricaceae
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.
- 2AGARICUS BISPORUS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AGARICUS BISPORUS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AGARICUS%20BISPORUS%20EXTRACT