How we scored it
Whole wood extract; every atom traces to bitterwood material. 1.0 by this site's convention for botanical extracts.
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
Produced by extracting the wood of bitterwood (Quassia amara, Simaroubaceae). No petrochemical route exists for a plant extract.
In plain English
An extract of bitterwood, a tropical tree, used in cosmetics as a skin conditioner, tonic, and bittering agent to discourage accidental swallowing.
CosIng definition: Quassia Amara Wood Extract is an extract of the wood of the Bitterwood, Quassia amara L., Simarubaceae
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.
- 2QUASSIA AMARA WOOD EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3QUASSIA AMARA WOOD EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=QUASSIA%20AMARA%20WOOD%20EXTRACT