How we scored it
Whole botanical extract; this site's method assigns botanical extracts 1.0, no petrochemical fragment.
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
Obtained by extracting the herb of catnip (Nepeta cataria), typically with water or a hydro-alcoholic solvent. No petrochemical alternative route exists.
In plain English
An extract of catnip herb used in skincare as a skin tonic.
CosIng definition: Nepeta Cataria Extract is an extract of the herb of the Catnip, Nepeta cataria 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.
- 2NEPETA CATARIA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3NEPETA CATARIA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=NEPETA%20CATARIA%20EXTRACT