How we scored it
Dried tree exudate (karaya gum); botanical gums are 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
Harvested as the dried gum exudate from cuts in Sterculia urens tree bark. No synthetic equivalent exists.
In plain English
A plant gum tapped from tree bark, used to thicken formulas and help hold hairstyles or stabilise emulsions.
CosIng definition: Sterculia Urens Gum is the dried exudate (Karaya gum) of the tree Sterculia urens, Sterculiaceae
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.
- 2STERCULIA URENS GUM. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3STERCULIA URENS GUM. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=STERCULIA%20URENS%20GUM