How we scored it
Fungal extract; whole biological material, no synthetic fragment.
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
Produced by extracting cultivated or wild-harvested reishi mushroom fruiting bodies. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
An extract from reishi mushroom used to help protect skin. Obtained from the caps and stalks of cultivated reishi fungi.
CosIng definition: Ganoderma Lucidum Extract is an extract of the caps and stalks of the Mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum, Polyporaceae
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.
- 2GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GANODERMA%20LUCIDUM%20EXTRACT