How we scored it
Dried petals of dog rose; whole plant material with no synthetic fragment; 1.0 / 1.0 = 1.00.
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
Dog rose petals are harvested and dried, then milled or used whole. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
Dried petals of the dog rose, used in cosmetics mainly for fragrance. It is plant material only, processed by drying and, where needed, milling.
CosIng definition: Rosa Canina Flower is the petals of the flower of the Hip Rose, Rosa canina L., Rosaceae
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.
- 2ROSA CANINA FLOWER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ROSA CANINA FLOWER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ROSA%20CANINA%20FLOWER