How we scored it
Extract of cultured plant callus biomass; wholly plant-cell material, no synthetic fragment. 1.00.
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
Produced by extracting biomass grown from callus (undifferentiated cell) cultures of Crithmum maritimum (sea fennel) in a bioreactor rather than field harvest. The extracted material remains standard plant cell biomass.
In plain English
A plant extract grown from lab-cultured sea fennel cells rather than wild-harvested plants, used to condition skin. This biotech method gives a consistent, sustainable source of the same natural plant material.
CosIng definition: Crithmum Maritimum Callus Culture Extract is the extract of a culture of the callus of Crithmum maritimum, Apiaceae.
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.
- 2CRITHMUM MARITIMUM CALLUS CULTURE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CRITHMUM MARITIMUM CALLUS CULTURE EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CRITHMUM%20MARITIMUM%20CALLUS%20CULTURE%20EXTRACT