Is Chenopodium Quinoa Extract natural?

Q: Is Chenopodium Quinoa Extract natural?

Chenopodium Quinoa Extract has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. Extract of quinoa plant material; purely botanical, no synthetic fragment. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. Extract of quinoa plant material; purely botanical, no synthetic fragment.

INCI nameChenopodium Quinoa Extract

FunctionSkin Conditioning

FeedstockExtracted from the whole quinoa plant. No synthetic…

How we scored it

Whole-plant extract = 1.0 by convention.

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 whole quinoa plant. No synthetic alternative.

In plain English

A plant extract from quinoa used to condition skin, derived directly from the whole plant.

CosIng definition: Chenopodium Quinoa Extract is the extract of the whole plant, Chenopodium quinoa, Chenopodiaceae

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