How we scored it
Whole-plant extract, no synthetic fragments; botanical extracts are 1.0 by 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
Extracted from the whole plant of Heracleum sphondylium (meadow parsnip) using conventional solvent extraction. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A plant extract from the meadow parsnip, used as a skin conditioning ingredient. Made by extracting the whole plant with a solvent; no synthetic processing involved.
CosIng definition: Heracleum Sphondylium Extract is an extract of the whole plant of the Meadow Parsnip, Heracleum sphondylium L., Apiaceae
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.
- 2HERACLEUM SPHONDYLIUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HERACLEUM SPHONDYLIUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HERACLEUM%20SPHONDYLIUM%20EXTRACT