How we scored it
Pressed juice of parsley: water, sugars, chlorophyll, flavonoids and volatile oils are all plant-derived (n=1). Total 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
Dominant route is mechanical pressing of fresh parsley followed by filtration. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
The liquid pressed from fresh parsley plants, mostly water with plant sugars, pigments and flavour compounds. It is listed as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Petroselinum Crispum (Parsley) Juice is the liquid expressed from the whole plant, Petroselinum crispum, Appiaceae.
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.
- 2PETROSELINUM CRISPUM JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PETROSELINUM CRISPUM JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PETROSELINUM%20CRISPUM%20JUICE