How we scored it
Flower/leaf extract: all counted mass is Chamomilla recutita metabolites (n=1, e.g. bisabolol, apigenin); solvents ignored. 100% / 100% = 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
Dominant route is solvent extraction of the flowers and leaves of German chamomile (Chamomilla recutita). No commercially significant non-plant route exists for the extract.
In plain English
An extract of the flowers and leaves of German chamomile, used in cosmetics as an antimicrobial ingredient. It is made by extracting the plant material and comes entirely from the plant.
CosIng definition: Chamomilla Recutita Flower/Leaf Extract is the extract of the flowers and leaves of Chamomilla recutita (L.), Asteraceae
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.
- 2CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER/LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER/LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CHAMOMILLA%20RECUTITA%20FLOWER/LEAF%20EXTRACT