How we scored it
Whole botanical flower extract; plant carbon only.
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 the Ceylon ironwood tree by solvent extraction. No petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
A flower extract from the Ceylon ironwood tree, used to condition skin in cosmetic formulations.
CosIng definition: Mesua Ferrea Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Mesua ferrea L., Callophyllaceae
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.
- 2MESUA FERREA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MESUA FERREA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MESUA%20FERREA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT