How we scored it
CosIng description is dried Aloe leaf juice powder (botanical juice powder = 1.0). The supplied formula/IUPAC/CAS describe an unrelated nitro-chalcone and are disregarded as a data mismatch.
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 drying the juice pressed from Aloe barbadensis leaves into a powder. No petrochemical processing involved.
In plain English
Dried, powdered juice from the aloe vera plant's leaves, used to condition and soothe skin. It's made simply by extracting the juice and drying it, with no chemical alteration.
CosIng definition: Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder is the powder obtained from the dried juice leaves of the aloe, Aloe barbadensis, 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.
- 2ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ALOE%20BARBADENSIS%20LEAF%20JUICE%20POWDER