How we scored it
Algal extract = 1.0 by this site's convention.
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
Made by extracting a red seaweed harvested from the Baltic Sea and North Atlantic. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
An extract made from a red seaweed found in the Baltic and North Atlantic. Used in skincare to help condition the skin.
CosIng definition: Furcellaria Lumbricalis Extract is the extract of the alga, Furcellaria lumbricalis
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.
- 2FURCELLARIA LUMBRICALIS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3FURCELLARIA LUMBRICALIS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FURCELLARIA%20LUMBRICALIS%20EXTRACT