How we scored it
Botanical fruit and leaf extract: all mass is plant-derived (n = 1). Extraction solvent leaves no counted mass. Natural mass 100% of total, NOI = 1.0.
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 feedstock is dried bilberry fruit and leaf, extracted with water, ethanol or a glycol/glycerin mixture and concentrated. No synthetic route exists; carriers such as glycols, if used, are declared separately on the label.
In plain English
An extract of the berries and leaves of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), a European shrub related to blueberry. It is used as an astringent, refreshing and skin-conditioning ingredient and is made by extracting the plant parts with water, alcohol or glycol.
CosIng definition: Vaccinium Myrtillus Extract is an extract of the fruit and leaves of the Myrtle, Vaccinium myrtillus L., Ericaceae
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.
- 2VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS FRUIT/LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS FRUIT/LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VACCINIUM%20MYRTILLUS%20FRUIT/LEAF%20EXTRACT