How we scored it
Whole botanical extract; per this site's convention all plant extracts score 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
Made by extracting the whole plant of wild geranium, Geranium maculatum, a North American woodland herb. No alternative synthetic route exists for this botanical extract.
In plain English
A tonic extract made from the whole wild geranium plant, Geranium maculatum, a North American woodland herb. Used in cosmetics for its toning effect on skin.
CosIng definition: Geranium Maculatum Extract is an extract of the whole plant of the Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum L., Geraniaceae
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.
- 2GERANIUM MACULATUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GERANIUM MACULATUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GERANIUM%20MACULATUM%20EXTRACT