How we scored it
Named/described as bulb extract; this site's convention scores extracts 1.0 regardless of the marker-compound formula shown.
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 fresh garlic bulbs, Allium sativum. No synthetic alternative exists; valued precisely as a natural plant extract.
In plain English
A garlic bulb extract used for skin conditioning. It's made by extracting fresh garlic bulbs, giving a natural-origin ingredient rich in the plant's characteristic sulfur compounds.
CosIng definition: Allium Sativum Bulb Extract is an extract of the bulb of the Garlic, Allium sativum L., Liliaceae
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.
- 2ALLIUM SATIVUM BULB EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ALLIUM SATIVUM BULB EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ALLIUM%20SATIVUM%20BULB%20EXTRACT