How we scored it
Whole-plant extract; botanical extracts score 1.0 by convention.
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
The feedstock is the whole Sida cordifolia plant, water- or solvent-extracted. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract of the whole Sida cordifolia plant, used to condition skin.
CosIng definition: Sida Cordifolia Extract is an extract of the whole plant of the Sida cordifolia L., Malvaceae
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.
- 2SIDA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SIDA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SIDA%20CORDIFOLIA%20EXTRACT