How we scored it
Steam-distillate water fraction of chamomile flowers; distillation is 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
Collected as the aqueous fraction when chamomile flowers are steam-distilled for their essential oil. No alternative synthetic route is used.
In plain English
Chamomile water made by steam-distilling chamomile flowers, the same process used to make chamomile essential oil. Used to add a light chamomile scent to a formula.
CosIng definition: Chamomilla Recutita Flower Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the flowers of Chamomilla recutita (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.
- 2CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER WATER. 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%20WATER