How we scored it
CosIng defines as whole-plant extract = 1.0; listed C35H52O6/568.8Da is a combined shogaol+paradol marker-compound pair from PubChem, not the bulk extract — description trusted per instructions.
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 Zingiber officinale (ginger) plant material, typically the rhizome, via solvent or CO2 extraction. No commercially significant synthetic route.
In plain English
An extract of the ginger plant, used to condition skin and provide antioxidant benefits. It's typically drawn from the ginger rhizome (root) using a solvent.
CosIng definition: Zingiber Officinale Extract is the extract of the whole plant, Ginger, Zingiber officinalis L., Zingiberaceae
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.
- 2ZINGIBER OFFICINALE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ZINGIBER OFFICINALE EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ZINGIBER%20OFFICINALE%20EXTRACT