How we scored it
Algal extract from brown seaweed; wholly natural marine-plant material. 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
Extracted from Sargassum muticum seaweed via water or hydro-glycolic extraction. No synthetic alternative route exists commercially.
In plain English
A seaweed extract used to protect skin, sourced from the brown alga Sargassum muticum. It is produced by extracting the harvested seaweed with water.
CosIng definition: Sargassum Muticum Extract is an extract of the Alga, Sargassum muticum, Sargassaceae
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.
- 2SARGASSUM MUTICUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SARGASSUM MUTICUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SARGASSUM%20MUTICUM%20EXTRACT