How we scored it
Botanical root extract; this site's convention botanical extracts = 1.00
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 roots of Aralia cordata (also known as udo), typically by water or hydro-alcoholic extraction of the dried root.
In plain English
A plant extract from the roots of Aralia cordata (udo), used in skincare as a conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Aralia Cordata Root Extract is the extract of the roots of Aralia cordata.
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.
- 2ARALIA CORDATA ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ARALIA CORDATA ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARALIA%20CORDATA%20ROOT%20EXTRACT