How we scored it
Dried, ground leaf powder — mechanically processed plant material, no chemical fragments added; this site's convention scores powders 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
Produced by drying and grinding bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) leaves into a powder. This is the only commercial route for this ingredient.
In plain English
Dried, ground bearberry leaves used to help brighten skin tone. A simple mechanically processed plant powder with no chemical extraction.
CosIng definition: Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi Leaf Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground leaves of the Bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.), Ericaceae
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.
- 2ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI LEAF POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI LEAF POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARCTOSTAPHYLOS%20UVA%20URSI%20LEAF%20POWDER