How we scored it
Algal extract from brown seaweed; wholly natural marine-plant material. 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
Extracted from spiral wrack seaweed (Fucus spiralis) via water extraction. No synthetic alternative route exists commercially.
In plain English
A seaweed extract from spiral wrack, used to condition and soften skin. It is produced by extracting the harvested brown alga with water.
CosIng definition: Fucus Spiralis Extract is the extract of the alga, Fucus spiralis, Fucaceae.
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.
- 2FUCUS SPIRALIS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3FUCUS SPIRALIS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FUCUS%20SPIRALIS%20EXTRACT