How we scored it
Whole botanical extract, including native resin acids and terpenes; no external petrochemical input.
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
Extracted from Uncaria gambir leaves/twigs by water extraction into a resin-rich extract. All constituents, including terpene oxidation products, originate in the plant.
In plain English
A plant extract from the gambir vine, used in skincare for its astringent, skin-tightening effect.
CosIng definition: Uncaria Gambir Extract is an extract of the Gambir Catechu, Uncaria gambier, Rubiaceae. It is a product which may contain resin acids and their esters, terpenes, and oxidation or polymerization products of these terpenes
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.
- 2UNCARIA GAMBIR EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3UNCARIA GAMBIR EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=UNCARIA%20GAMBIR%20EXTRACT