How we scored it
Botanical wax pressed or extracted from lacquer-tree fruit peel = 1.0 under the botanical-wax convention.
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 or pressed from the peel of Rhus verniciflua (lacquer tree) fruit. No chemical modification beyond physical extraction is implied by the CosIng description.
In plain English
A plant-derived wax obtained from the fruit peel of the lacquer tree, used to add texture and a protective film to skin and hair products.
CosIng definition: Rhus Verniciflua Peel Wax is a wax obtained from the peel of the fruit of Rhus verniciflua. The current accepted scientific name for Rhus verniciflua is Toxicodendron vernicifluum.
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.
- 2RHUS VERNICIFLUA PEEL WAX. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3RHUS VERNICIFLUA PEEL WAX. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=RHUS%20VERNICIFLUA%20PEEL%20WAX