How we scored it
Botanical flower extract: all atoms come from Artemisia herba-alba flower biomass; no added non-natural fragment. 1.0 / 1.0 = 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
Flowers of white wormwood (Artemisia herba-alba), a shrub of dry regions in North Africa and the Middle East, are extracted with water, alcohol or a similar solvent and concentrated. No commercially significant alternative route.
In plain English
A plant extract made from the flowers of white wormwood, Artemisia herba-alba, a shrub of dry regions of North Africa and the Middle East. It is used as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Artemisia Herba-Alba Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Artemisia herba-alba, Asteraceae
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.
- 2ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARTEMISIA%20HERBA-ALBA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT