How we scored it
Botanical flower extract; this site's convention rates extracts at 1.0 — no synthetic fragment present.
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 the flowers of Helianthus annuus (sunflower). No petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
An extract made from sunflower petals, used to condition and soothe skin. It's produced by steeping or solvent-extracting the flowers, a common natural cosmetic ingredient.
CosIng definition: Helianthus Annuus Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of the Sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., Compositae
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.
- 2HELIANTHUS ANNUUS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HELIANTHUS ANNUUS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HELIANTHUS%20ANNUUS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT