How we scored it
Algal extract from red seaweed; wholly natural marine-plant material. 1.00.
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 farmed red seaweed (Kappaphycus alvarezii), a source alga for carrageenan, typically via water extraction. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A seaweed extract from red algae used to condition skin. It comes from a farmed tropical seaweed that is also a source of carrageenan thickener.
CosIng definition: Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract is an extract of the Alga, Kappaphycus alvarezii, Soleriaceae
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.
- 2KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=KAPPAPHYCUS%20ALVAREZII%20EXTRACT