How we scored it
Botanical extract of coffee beans; 100% plant-derived mass = 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
Solvent or aqueous extraction from robusta coffee beans (Rubiaceae). No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
An extract of robusta coffee beans, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. Obtained directly from the beans.
CosIng definition: Coffea Robusta Seed Extract is an extract of the beans of Coffea robusta, Rubiaceae
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.
- 2COFFEA ROBUSTA SEED EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3COFFEA ROBUSTA SEED EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COFFEA%20ROBUSTA%20SEED%20EXTRACT