Database/Skin Conditioning/Anigozanthos Flavidus Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Anigozanthos Flavidus Extract natural?

Yes. A direct extract of the kangaroo paw plant with no petrochemical building block, so it is rated fully natural origin.

INCI nameAnigozanthos Flavidus Extract
CAS223749-17-5
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted from Anigozanthos flavidus (kangaroo paw), an Australian…

How we scored it

Whole-plant extract, direct botanical extraction; no synthetic fragment. 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 Anigozanthos flavidus (kangaroo paw), an Australian native plant, by conventional solvent or water extraction. No synthetic alternative route exists.

In plain English

Kangaroo paw extract is made from an Australian flowering plant. It's used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning ingredient.

CosIng definition: Anigozanthos Flavidus Extract is the extract of the plant, the kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos flavidus, Haemodoraceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2ANIGOZANTHOS FLAVIDUS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ANIGOZANTHOS FLAVIDUS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ANIGOZANTHOS%20FLAVIDUS%20EXTRACT