How we scored it
Whole sugar cane extract; no synthetic fragments; botanical extracts are 1.0 by 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
Produced by aqueous extraction or pressing of sugar cane, a major agricultural crop. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract of sugar cane used to moisturise and condition skin, valued as a natural source of sugars that help hold water in skin.
CosIng definition: Saccharum Officinarum Extract is an extract of the sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum L., Poaceae
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.
- 2SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SACCHARUM%20OFFICINARUM%20EXTRACT