How we scored it
Botanical bark extract; entire mass traceable to plant material. 1.00.
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 Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) using water or hydro-alcoholic solvents. No synthetic alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
A plant extract from the bark of the Amur cork tree, used to condition and soothe skin. It is made by extracting the bark with water or an alcohol-water mixture.
CosIng definition: Phellodendron Amurense Bark Extract is an extract of bark of the Phellodendron, Phellodendron amurense, Rutaceae
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.
- 2PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE BARK EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE BARK EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PHELLODENDRON%20AMURENSE%20BARK%20EXTRACT