How we scored it
Botanical callus culture extract; entirely plant-derived.
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
Produced from lab-cultured callus cells of Hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn) rather than field-harvested berries. No petrochemical inputs remain in the extract.
In plain English
An antioxidant extract grown from sea buckthorn plant cells cultured in a lab rather than from harvested berries. It is entirely plant-derived.
CosIng definition: Hippophae Rhamnoides Callus Culture Extract is the extract of a culture of the callus of Hippophae rhamnoides, Elaeagnaeae.
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.
- 2HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES CALLUS CULTURE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES CALLUS CULTURE EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HIPPOPHAE%20RHAMNOIDES%20CALLUS%20CULTURE%20EXTRACT