How we scored it
Leaves of Centella asiatica (powder or extract) are plant material with no added fragments: 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 source is harvested or cultivated Centella leaf, dried and ground or extracted. There is no alternative route.
In plain English
Dried or ground leaves of Centella asiatica (gotu kola), added to condition skin. It is simply plant material from a creeping herb.
CosIng definition: Centella Asiatica Leaf are the leaves of Centella asiatica, Apiaceae.
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.
- 2CENTELLA ASIATICA LEAF. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CENTELLA ASIATICA LEAF. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CENTELLA%20ASIATICA%20LEAF