How we scored it
Extract of truffle fruiting body; extract material is entirely fungal-derived, no synthetic fragment to subtract.
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
Produced by solvent or aqueous extraction of black truffle fruiting bodies. No alternative synthetic route exists commercially.
In plain English
An extract made from black truffle, a prized edible fungus that grows underground near tree roots. Used in skincare for its moisturising and skin-conditioning properties.
CosIng definition: Tuber Melanosporum Extract is an extract of the fruit body of Tuber Melanosporum
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.
- 2TUBER MELANOSPORUM EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TUBER MELANOSPORUM EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TUBER%20MELANOSPORUM%20EXTRACT