How we scored it
Whole botanical extract; per this site's convention all plant extracts score 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
Made by extracting the roots of wild sarsaparilla, Aralia nudicaulis, a North American woodland plant. No alternative synthetic route exists for this botanical extract.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract made from the roots of wild sarsaparilla, Aralia nudicaulis, a North American woodland plant. Used as a botanical conditioning ingredient in cosmetics.
CosIng definition: Aralia Nudicaulis Root Extract is an extract of the roots of the Wild Sarsaparilla, Aralia nudicaulis L., Araliaceae
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 NUDICAULIS ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ARALIA NUDICAULIS 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%20NUDICAULIS%20ROOT%20EXTRACT