How we scored it
Botanical leaf extract; natural-origin building block per this site's convention = 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
Extracted from the leaves of the fennel plant, Foeniculum vulgare, typically by aqueous or hydro-glycolic extraction.
In plain English
A moisture-binding extract made from fennel plant leaves.
CosIng definition: Foeniculum Vulgare Leaf Extract is the extract of the leaves of the Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, Umbelliferae
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.
- 2FOENICULUM VULGARE LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3FOENICULUM VULGARE LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FOENICULUM%20VULGARE%20LEAF%20EXTRACT