How we scored it
Whole botanical extract; this site's convention rates plant extracts 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
Obtained by extracting the flowers of Buddleja officinalis. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A plant extract from butterfly bush flowers, included in formulas partly for its natural UV-absorbing plant compounds. It comes directly from the flowers with no synthetic processing.
CosIng definition: Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Buddleja officinalis, Buddlejaceae.
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.
- 2BUDDLEJA OFFICINALIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BUDDLEJA OFFICINALIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BUDDLEJA%20OFFICINALIS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT