How we scored it
Juice or extract of lavender flowers, leaves and stems: water, sugars, polyphenols and aroma terpenoids are plant-made; no synthetic fragment, natural mass equals total 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
Prepared from the flowers, leaves and stems of true lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) by expressing or extracting the plant material. CosIng describes it as an extract despite the name juice; no synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A lavender preparation made by expressing or extracting the flowers, leaves and stems of true lavender. It is used for fragrance and as a skin-conditioning ingredient, and is also listed for oral-care and flavouring uses. It carries the plant's water-soluble material and some aroma compounds.
CosIng definition: Lavandula Angustifolia Flower/Leaf/Stem Juice is the extract of the flowers, leaves and stems of the Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, Labiatae
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.
- 2LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA FLOWER/LEAF/STEM JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA FLOWER/LEAF/STEM JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LAVANDULA%20ANGUSTIFOLIA%20FLOWER/LEAF/STEM%20JUICE