How we scored it
Natural resin exudate; gum convention = 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
Harvested as a hardened resin exudate from the bark of the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus), grown mainly on Chios, Greece. Used with minimal processing beyond cleaning and sorting.
In plain English
A natural resin, known as mastic, tapped from the bark of a Mediterranean tree. Used in cosmetics as a film-former and for its resinous fragrance.
CosIng definition: Pistacia Lentiscus Gum is a gum obtained from the Mastic, Pistacia lentiscus L., Anacardiaceae
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.
- 2PISTACIA LENTISCUS GUM. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PISTACIA LENTISCUS GUM. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PISTACIA%20LENTISCUS%20GUM