How we scored it
Plant extract: constituents taken from the cucumber plant (sugars, flavonoids, sterols, other metabolites) are all natural origin (n=1); extraction solvent leaves no mass. 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
The cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus) is extracted with water, alcohol or glycol-water and the extract is filtered. No alternative route is significant; any carrier solvent in the commercial grade is declared separately.
In plain English
A plant extract made from the cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus). In products it is used for skin conditioning. It contains compounds taken from the plant by extraction, such as sugars and plant acids.
CosIng definition: Cucumis Sativus Extract is the extract obtained from the whole plant of the Cucumber, Cucumis sativus L., Cucurbitaceae
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.
- 2CUCUMIS SATIVUS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CUCUMIS SATIVUS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCUMIS%20SATIVUS%20EXTRACT