How we scored it
Volatile oil of Illicium verum fruit and seed (mainly trans-anethole); entirely plant-derived with no added synthetic fragments = 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
Steam distillation of dried ripe star anise fruits and seeds grown mainly in China and Vietnam. No alternative route applies, although synthetic anethole is sold as a separate ingredient.
In plain English
The aromatic essential oil steam-distilled from dried star anise fruits. It gives a sweet, liquorice-like scent and flavour and is used in fragranced and oral-care products. It comes directly from the plant.
CosIng definition: Illicium Verum Fruit/Seed Oil is the volatile oil derived from the dried, ripe fruits and seeds of Star Anise, Illicium verum, Illiciaceae
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.
- 2ILLICIUM VERUM FRUIT/SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ILLICIUM VERUM FRUIT/SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ILLICIUM%20VERUM%20FRUIT/SEED%20OIL