How we scored it
Bark extract; botanical extracts are 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
Obtained by extraction from Kalopanax pictus bark. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A bark extract from the Kalopanax pictus tree, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It is made by extracting compounds directly from the tree bark.
CosIng definition: Kalopanax Pictus Bark Extract is the extract of the bark of Kalopanax pictus, Araliaceae
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.
- 2KALOPANAX PICTUS BARK EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3KALOPANAX PICTUS BARK EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=KALOPANAX%20PICTUS%20BARK%20EXTRACT