Database/Skin Conditioning/Clitoria Ternatea Flower Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Clitoria Ternatea Flower Extract natural?

Yes. CosIng defines this as an extract of butterfly pea flowers; botanical extracts are natural origin.

INCI nameClitoria Ternatea Flower Extract
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by extracting the flowers of the butterfly…

How we scored it

Flower extract = 1.0 by this site's 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

Made by extracting the flowers of the butterfly pea, a tropical climbing legume. No synthetic alternative route exists.

In plain English

An extract made from the flowers of the butterfly pea, a tropical climbing plant. Used in skincare as a conditioning ingredient.

CosIng definition: Clitoria Ternatea Flower Extract is an extract of the flowers of Clitoria ternatea L., Leguminosae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CLITORIA TERNATEA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CLITORIA TERNATEA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CLITORIA%20TERNATEA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT