How we scored it
Water/oil extract of the microalga Dunaliella salina; whole algal extract → 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 cultivating Dunaliella salina algae, often in salt ponds, and extracting the biomass. No synthetic alternative is marketed under this name.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from a carotenoid-rich microalga grown in salty water. It's made by simple extraction of the cultivated algae biomass, fully natural in origin.
CosIng definition: Dunaliella Salina Extract is an extract of the Alga, Dunaliella salina, Dunaliellaceae
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.
- 2DUNALIELLA SALINA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3DUNALIELLA SALINA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DUNALIELLA%20SALINA%20EXTRACT