How we scored it
Whole algal extract; per this site's convention algal extracts score 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
Produced by harvesting and extracting the brown seaweed Cystoseira tamariscifolia from Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. No alternative synthetic route exists for this algal extract.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract made from a brown seaweed, Cystoseira tamariscifolia, found along Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. The alga is harvested and extracted for cosmetic use.
CosIng definition: Cystoseira Tamariscifolia Extract is an extract of the Alga, Cystoseira tamariscifolia, Cystoseiraceae
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.
- 2CYSTOSEIRA TAMARISCIFOLIA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CYSTOSEIRA TAMARISCIFOLIA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CYSTOSEIRA%20TAMARISCIFOLIA%20EXTRACT