How we scored it
Botanical leaf extract — this site's convention scores all plant extracts 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
Extracted from the leaves of the marula tree (Sclerocarya birrea) using water or a water/glycol solvent. No petrochemical alternative route exists for this extract.
In plain English
An extract from marula tree leaves, used to condition skin. Made by extracting compounds from the leaves with a solvent.
CosIng definition: Sclerocarya Birrea Leaf Extract is an extract of the leaves of the Sclerocarya birrea, Anacardiaceae
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.
- 2SCLEROCARYA BIRREA LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SCLEROCARYA BIRREA LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SCLEROCARYA%20BIRREA%20LEAF%20EXTRACT