Database/Skin Conditioning/Picea Abies Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Picea Abies Extract natural?

Yes. Every constituent (terpenes, phenolics, sugars) is a plant metabolite from Norway spruce; no petrochemical fragment is part of the extract.

INCI namePicea Abies Extract
CAS91770-69-3
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant feedstock is Norway spruce plant material, extracted…

How we scored it

Plant extract: all constituents are plant metabolites (n=1); extraction solvent leaves no mass in the named ingredient. 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

Dominant feedstock is Norway spruce plant material, extracted with water, ethanol or glycol-water and filtered. No commercially significant synthetic route exists.

In plain English

An extract of the Norway spruce (Picea abies), a conifer native to Europe. It is used as a skin-conditioning ingredient in skin-care products. Made by extracting the plant material with water, alcohol or a glycol, then filtering.

CosIng definition: Picea Abies Extract is the extract of the whole plant, Picea abies (L.), Pinaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2PICEA ABIES EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PICEA ABIES EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PICEA%20ABIES%20EXTRACT