How we scored it
Essential oil distilled from spearmint leaves; whole volatile plant oil. 1.0 per this site's 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
Mentha Viridis Leaf Oil is steam-distilled from dried spearmint tops and leaves. It is used as distilled, without added synthetic material.
In plain English
Spearmint essential oil, steam-distilled from the plant's leaves, used to add a minty scent and a cooling, astringent feel. It is a natural plant oil with nothing synthetic added.
CosIng definition: Mentha Viridis Leaf Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the dried tops and leaves of the Garden Mint (spearmint), Mentha viridis L., 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.
- 2MENTHA VIRIDIS LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MENTHA VIRIDIS LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MENTHA%20VIRIDIS%20LEAF%20OIL