How we scored it
Botanical extract of dried fennel fruit; plant material only, so 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
Dominant route extracts dried fennel fruits (seeds) with a solvent such as ethanol or supercritical CO2. No synthetic alternative is relevant.
In plain English
An extract of dried fennel fruits (seeds), used mainly to give a fennel, aniseed-like scent. It comes directly from the fennel plant.
CosIng definition: Foeniculum Vulgare Vulgare Fruit Extract is an extract obtained from the dried fruits of the Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare 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 VULGARE FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3FOENICULUM VULGARE VULGARE FRUIT 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%20VULGARE%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT