How we scored it
Honey is unmodified bee-processed floral nectar (sugars, water, trace enzymes/minerals); whole natural substance, no fragments to split. 1.0 by honey convention.
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
Collected directly from honeybee hives; nectar sugars are concentrated and enzymatically modified by bees with no industrial synthetic step. No alternative route exists.
In plain English
Honey used as a humectant and emollient. It's gathered and stored by honeybees from flower nectar and used largely as-is, with no chemical modification.
CosIng definition: Naturally occurring substances, honey, a saccharic secretion gathered and stored by honey bees
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.
- 2MEL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MEL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MEL