How we scored it
Bark extract of prickly ash; fully botanical, no synthetic fragment.
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 extraction of prickly ash bark. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A bark extract from the prickly ash tree, used for fragrance and to help condition skin.
CosIng definition: Zanthoxylum Americanum Extract is an extract of the bark of the prickly ash, Zanthoxylum americanum, Rutaceae
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.
- 2ZANTHOXYLUM AMERICANUM BARK EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ZANTHOXYLUM AMERICANUM BARK EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ZANTHOXYLUM%20AMERICANUM%20BARK%20EXTRACT