How we scored it
Botanical whole-plant extract. 1.0 by category rule.
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
Extracted from the whole bracken fern plant (Pteridium aquilinum), typically with water or a water/glycol blend. No synthetic route.
In plain English
A plant extract from bracken fern, used to condition skin. It's made by extracting compounds from the whole plant.
CosIng definition: Pteridium Aquilinum Extract is the extract of the whole plant, Pteridium aquilinum (L.), Dennstaedtiaceae
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.
- 2PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PTERIDIUM%20AQUILINUM%20EXTRACT