How we scored it
Santalum Album Extract is an extract of the plant material of Santalum album (sandalwood); botanical extracts are 1.0 whatever extraction solvent is used, because the solvent is not part of the counted ingredient.
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 from the plant material of Santalum album (sandalwood), usually with water, glycerin or glycol.
In plain English
An extract of sandalwood, used to condition and soothe the skin and for its scent. It is made by extracting the plant material with a solvent such as water or glycerin.
CosIng definition: Santalum Album Extract is an extract of the whole plant of the Sandalwood, Santalum album L., Santalaceae
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.
- 2SANTALUM ALBUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SANTALUM ALBUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SANTALUM%20ALBUM%20EXTRACT