Database/Skin Conditioning/Calluna Vulgaris Flower Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Calluna Vulgaris Flower Extract natural?

Yes. Extract of heather flowering shoots with no petrochemical fragment introduced.

INCI nameCalluna Vulgaris Flower Extract
CAS84603-54-3
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted from the flowering shoots of Calluna vulgaris…

How we scored it

Extract of flowering heather shoots; all mass traces to Calluna vulgaris; 1.0 by this site's convention for botanical extracts.
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 the flowering shoots of Calluna vulgaris (heather/ling), Ericaceae. No synthetic feedstock is involved.

In plain English

An extract from the flowering shoots of heather, a moorland shrub, used to condition the skin.

CosIng definition: Calluna Vulgaris Flower Extract is an extract of the flowering shoots of the Broom Heather, Calluna vulgaris, Ericaceae

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