How we scored it
Polysaccharide extracted from red seaweed; algal extract per this site's convention = 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
Extracted from red seaweed of the Gracilaria/Gelidium type, purified from agar by removing charged sulfate groups.
In plain English
A gelling and thickening ingredient extracted from red seaweed, used to give lotions and gels body.
CosIng definition: Agarose is the polysaccharide extracted from the Red Seaweed, Gracilaria, Gelidiaceae
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.
- 2AGAROSE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AGAROSE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AGAROSE