Database/Skin Conditioning/Fagus Sylvatica Flower Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Fagus Sylvatica Flower Extract natural?

Yes. Constituents are plant metabolites extracted from European beech flowers, so the whole mass is natural origin with no petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameFagus Sylvatica Flower Extract
CAS85251-65-6
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant feedstock is the flowers of European beech…

How we scored it

Flower extract: every atom comes from plant material; extraction solvent leaves no mass. Natural mass fraction 1/1 = 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

Dominant feedstock is the flowers of European beech (Fagus sylvatica), extracted with water, ethanol or a cosmetic glycol. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning ingredient. It is a plant extract made from the flowers of the European beech tree, extracted in a solvent.

CosIng definition: Fagus Sylvatica Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Fagus sylvatica, Fagaceae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2FAGUS SYLVATICA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3FAGUS SYLVATICA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FAGUS%20SYLVATICA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT