How we scored it
Natural resin exudate: terpenoid resin constituents and polymeric plant material from the tree, nothing added or modified. 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
Resin is tapped or collected from the trunk of the sal tree, then dried and cleaned. It is a dammar-type resin, and no synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A resin that oozes from the trunk of the sal tree, a large South Asian hardwood, collected and dried for use with a tonic function. It is made of the tree's own terpene-based compounds and is not chemically modified.
CosIng definition: Shorea Robusta Resin is a resinous exudate from the Shorea robusta, Dipterocarpaceae
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.
- 2SHOREA ROBUSTA RESIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SHOREA ROBUSTA RESIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SHOREA%20ROBUSTA%20RESIN