How we scored it
Filtered animal secretion; entire material is biological, no synthetic fragment.
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
Collected from farmed snails and filtered to remove solids. No synthetic equivalent is used.
In plain English
A filtered secretion collected from snails, used in skincare for its natural mucin and protein content. Comes directly from farmed snails.
CosIng definition: Snail Secretion Filtrate is the product obtained from the filtered secretion of one or more species of snails
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.
- 2SNAIL SECRETION FILTRATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SNAIL SECRETION FILTRATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SNAIL%20SECRETION%20FILTRATE