How we scored it
Extract of Norway spruce wood: lignans, stilbenes, tannins, resin acids and wood sugars are all plant-derived (n=1). Extraction solvent leaves no mass. 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 solvent or hot-water extraction of Norway spruce wood. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
An extract of the wood of Norway spruce, a common European conifer, made by soaking the wood in a solvent and concentrating the liquid. The ingredient database lists no specific function for it.
CosIng definition: Picea Abies Wood Extract is the extract of the wood of Picea abies, Pinaceae
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.
- 2PICEA ABIES WOOD EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PICEA ABIES WOOD 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%20WOOD%20EXTRACT