How we scored it
Botanical flower extract; this site's convention values botanical extracts at 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
Extracted from the flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa using water or a water/solvent mix. No synthetic alternative exists for a botanical extract.
In plain English
An extract from the flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa, a shrub used in traditional skincare, added to help condition skin.
CosIng definition: Woodfordia Fruticosa Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa (L.), Lythraceae
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.
- 2WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=WOODFORDIA%20FRUTICOSA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT