How we scored it
Whole botanical extract of soybean sprouts; this site's convention rates plant extracts 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
Obtained by extracting the young sprouts/shoots of the soybean (Glycine soja). No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract from young soybean sprouts used to soften and condition skin. It comes directly from sprouted soybeans with no synthetic processing beyond extraction.
CosIng definition: Glycine Soja Sprout Extract is an extract of the young shoots of the Soybean, Glycine soja, Leguminosae
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.
- 2GLYCINE SOJA SPROUT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GLYCINE SOJA SPROUT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GLYCINE%20SOJA%20SPROUT%20EXTRACT