How we scored it
Extract of calendula flowers; extracted plant solids wholly natural-origin → 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
Extracted from marigold flowers, commonly grown in Europe and Egypt, using water, oil or glycol extraction. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
An extract of marigold flowers used to condition skin and add fragrance. It is drawn from the flower petals by simple extraction.
CosIng definition: Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract is an extract obrained from the flowers of the Calendula, Calendula officinalis L., Compositae
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.
- 2CALENDULA OFFICINALIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CALENDULA 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=CALENDULA%20OFFICINALIS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT