How we scored it
Algal extract, wholly natural.
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 the red alga Ahnfeltia concinna (now reclassified as Ahnfeltiopsis concinna). No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from a red seaweed. It's made directly from the alga, harvested from the sea.
CosIng definition: Ahnfeltia Concinna Extract (Retired) is the extract of the alga, Ahnfeltia concinna. The INCI Name, Ahnfeltia Concinna Extract, originally published in 1996, was designated with a retired status in 2015. For an interim period of time, trade name assignments formerly published with the INCI Name Ahnfeltia Concinna Extract will be retained in the retired monograph, and also published with the new name assignment based on the current genus and species name, Ahnfeltiopsis Concinna Extract.
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.
- 2AHNFELTIA CONCINNA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AHNFELTIA CONCINNA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AHNFELTIA%20CONCINNA%20EXTRACT