How we scored it
Flowers of roselle; whole plant material with no synthetic fragment; 1.0 / 1.0 = 1.00.
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
Roselle flowers are harvested, dried and milled or extracted. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
Flowers of roselle (red sorrel), used as plant material to condition the skin. The flowers are rich in red anthocyanin pigments and fruit acids, and are dried and milled or extracted before use.
CosIng definition: Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower is the plant material obtained from the flowers of the Red Sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa L., Malvaceae
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.
- 2HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA FLOWER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA FLOWER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HIBISCUS%20SABDARIFFA%20FLOWER