How we scored it
Botanical extract per this site's convention; no fragments to compute.
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 the leaves of the bilberry shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, native to Northern Europe. Water or water-glycol extraction is standard.
In plain English
An extract from bilberry leaves. Used in cosmetics to tone skin and condition hair, nails and skin.
CosIng definition: Vaccinium Myrtillus Leaf Extract is the extract of the leaves of Vaccinium myrtillus, 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 LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS 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%20LEAF%20EXTRACT