How we scored it
Whole botanical material, dried elder flower; no synthetic fragment. 1.0.
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
Elder flowers are harvested and dried, sometimes milled to powder. No alternative route is in commercial use.
In plain English
Dried elder flowers, sometimes ground to powder, added to products as a plant ingredient for skin conditioning. It comes from the flowering heads of the elder tree, Sambucus nigra.
CosIng definition: Sambucus Nigra Flower is the flower of the Elder, Sambucus nigra L., Caprifoliaceae
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.
- 2SAMBUCUS NIGRA FLOWER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SAMBUCUS NIGRA FLOWER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAMBUCUS%20NIGRA%20FLOWER