Database/Humectant/Aspalathus Linearis Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Aspalathus Linearis Water natural?

Yes. Both the water and the volatile constituents come from steam distillation of the whole rooibos plant, so all mass is natural origin.

INCI nameAspalathus Linearis Water
FunctionHumectant · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant route: steam distillation of the rooibos plant…

How we scored it

Steam-distillate water (n=1) plus dissolved plant volatiles of Aspalathus linearis (n=1); no synthetic atoms: 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

Dominant route: steam distillation of the rooibos plant (Aspalathus linearis), with the aqueous condensate collected as the hydrosol. No alternative route is commercially significant.

In plain English

A rooibos hydrosol: the water collected when the whole rooibos plant is steam-distilled, carrying traces of its aroma compounds. Used in skin products as a humectant and skin conditioner.

CosIng definition: Aspalathus Linearis Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the whole plant, Aspalathus linearis.

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