How we scored it
Volatile oil from roots: plant-derived aromatic compounds, nothing synthetic added. Natural 1.0 / total 1.0 = 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
Roots of Baikal skullcap are distilled or otherwise processed to collect the volatile oil. No synthetic route exists; a carrier-oil macerate would be a different, separately declared product.
In plain English
A volatile oil obtained from the roots of Baikal skullcap, a plant native to East Asia, listed for oral care products. It is a concentrate of the root's natural aromatic compounds collected by distillation or similar processing.
CosIng definition: Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the roots of Scutellaria baicalensis.
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.
- 2SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS ROOT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS ROOT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SCUTELLARIA%20BAICALENSIS%20ROOT%20OIL