How we scored it
Carrageenan (seaweed gum, natural) as its potassium salt; K+ counts as natural mineral counter-ion -> 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
Potassium Carrageenan is the potassium salt of carrageenan extracted from red seaweed. No petrochemical alternative route exists.
In plain English
The potassium salt of carrageenan, a gelling gum extracted from red seaweed. Used to bind ingredients and control thickness.
CosIng definition: Potassium Carrageenan is the potassium salt of Carrageenan
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.
- 2POTASSIUM CARRAGEENAN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3POTASSIUM CARRAGEENAN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POTASSIUM%20CARRAGEENAN