How we scored it
Expressed juice: water (n = 1) plus plant sugars, minerals and metabolites, all natural origin; nothing added. Natural 100% / total 100% = 1.00.
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
Dominant route is pressing the flowers, leaves and stems of dandelion and filtering the juice. No synthetic or alternative route exists for this botanical juice.
In plain English
A juice pressed from the flowers, leaves and stems of the common dandelion. It is mostly water with the plant's sugars, minerals and other natural compounds, and is used as a plant-derived ingredient in personal-care products.
CosIng definition: Taraxacum Officinale Flower/Leaf/Stem Juice is the juice derived from the flowers, leaves and stems of Taraxacum officinale, Asteraceae
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.
- 2TARAXACUM OFFICINALE FLOWER/LEAF/STEM JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TARAXACUM OFFICINALE FLOWER/LEAF/STEM JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TARAXACUM%20OFFICINALE%20FLOWER/LEAF/STEM%20JUICE