How we scored it
Whole-mushroom extract; fungal extracts are treated as natural biological material = 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
Extracted from the fruiting body of the fungus Inonotus obliquus (Chaga). No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
An extract of the Chaga mushroom used to condition skin. It is obtained directly from the fungus by simple extraction.
CosIng definition: Inonotus Obliquus Extract is an extract of the whole Mushroom, Inonotus obliquus, Polypodiaceae
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.
- 2INONOTUS OBLIQUUS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3INONOTUS OBLIQUUS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=INONOTUS%20OBLIQUUS%20EXTRACT