How we scored it
Botanical bark extract; plant extracts are rated 1.0 by this site's convention.
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 bark of the maritime pine tree, Pinus pinaster, a source prized for antioxidant proanthocyanidins. No synthetic alternative is used commercially.
In plain English
An antioxidant extract from maritime pine bark, valued for protecting skin from environmental stress. It's drawn directly from the tree bark by extraction, not manufactured chemically.
CosIng definition: Pinus Pinaster Bark Extract is the extract of the bark of the Maritime Pine, Pinus pinaster, 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.
- 2PINUS PINASTER BARK EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PINUS PINASTER BARK EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PINUS%20PINASTER%20BARK%20EXTRACT