How we scored it
Whole botanical bud extract; NOI 1.0 by rule.
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
Capparis spinosa (caper) flower buds are extracted for this skin-conditioning ingredient. No petrochemical route applies to a botanical extract.
In plain English
An extract from caper plant flower buds, used to condition skin in cosmetic formulas. Made by extracting the buds, often the same ones used as a culinary ingredient, with water or alcohol.
CosIng definition: Capparis Spinosa Bud Extract is the extract of the buds of Capparis spinosa, Capparaceae.
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.
- 2CAPPARIS SPINOSA BUD EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CAPPARIS SPINOSA BUD EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CAPPARIS%20SPINOSA%20BUD%20EXTRACT