How we scored it
Botanical whole-plant extract; fully natural mass.
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 dried flowering plant Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum) via solvent extraction. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
An extract from the Labrador tea plant, used for fragrance. It is made by extracting compounds from the dried flowering plant.
CosIng definition: Ledum Groenlandicum Extract is an extract of the dried flowering plant of the Labrador Tea, Ledum groenlandicum, Ericaceae
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.
- 2LEDUM GROENLANDICUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LEDUM GROENLANDICUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LEDUM%20GROENLANDICUM%20EXTRACT