How we scored it
Bark extract of Myrica esculenta; botanical extracts are 1.0 by rule.
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 bark of the box myrtle tree (Myrica esculenta), usually by water or hydro-alcoholic extraction. No synthetic alternative.
In plain English
A bark extract from the box myrtle tree that moisturises and conditions skin. Made by extracting natural compounds from the bark with a solvent.
CosIng definition: Myrica Esculenta Bark Extract is an extract of the bark of Myrica esculenta, Myricaceae
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.
- 2MYRICA ESCULENTA BARK EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MYRICA ESCULENTA BARK EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRICA%20ESCULENTA%20BARK%20EXTRACT