How we scored it
Whole botanical flower extract; 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
Extracted from the flowers of sweet clover, Melilotus officinalis, a legume plant. Standard botanical extraction methods are used.
In plain English
An extract from sweet clover flowers, used to tone and condition skin. Made by extracting compounds directly from the blooms.
CosIng definition: Melilotus Officinalis Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of the Sweet Clover, Melilotus officinalis (L.), Fabaceae
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.
- 2MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MELILOTUS%20OFFICINALIS%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT