How we scored it
Plant wax from Spanish jasmine flowers: long-chain esters, fatty alcohols, fatty acids and plant hydrocarbons, all n=1. Extraction solvent leaves no mass. 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
Dominant route is solvent extraction of Jasminum grandiflorum flowers to a concrete, from which the waxy fraction is separated. No other route is known for this wax.
In plain English
A plant wax obtained from the flowers of Spanish jasmine, typically the waxy fraction recovered when jasmine flower concrete is processed. It is used in skincare products as a skin-conditioning ingredient and comes entirely from the flowers.
CosIng definition: Jasminum Grandiflorum Flower Cera is the wax obtained from the flowers of the Spanish Jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum L., Oleaceae
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.
- 2JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM FLOWER CERA. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM FLOWER CERA. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=JASMINUM%20GRANDIFLORUM%20FLOWER%20CERA