How we scored it
Extract of marine plankton biomass (algal/microbial); natural origin.
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 biomass harvested from marine plankton cultures or seawater. No petrochemical alternative.
In plain English
An extract made from tiny marine organisms called plankton, used to condition skin. It's harvested from the sea rather than manufactured chemically.
CosIng definition: Plankton Extract is an extract obtained from marine plankton
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.
- 2PLANKTON EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PLANKTON EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PLANKTON%20EXTRACT