How we scored it
Whole-plant botanical extract per this site's convention → 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
Produced by extracting the whole plant of Saponaria officinalis (soapwort) with water or a water/solvent mix. No petrochemical alternative exists for a botanical extract.
In plain English
An extract of the whole soapwort plant, traditionally used as a gentle natural cleanser. In modern cosmetics it's mainly added as a skin-conditioning ingredient. Comes directly from the soapwort plant.
CosIng definition: Saponaria Officinalis Extract is the extract of the whole plant of Saponaria officinalis, Sapindaceae.
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.
- 2SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAPONARIA%20OFFICINALIS%20EXTRACT