Database/Fragrance/Zingiber Officinale Root Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Zingiber Officinale Root Extract natural?

Yes. Entire ingredient is ginger (Zingiber officinale) root extract, a natural-origin plant fragment.

INCI nameZingiber Officinale Root Extract
CAS84696-15-1
FunctionFragrance · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by solvent or CO2 extraction of dried…

How we scored it

Whole ginger root/rhizome extract; no synthetic fragments; botanical extracts are 1.0 by rule.
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 or CO2 extraction of dried ginger rhizomes. No alternative synthetic route exists.

In plain English

An extract of ginger root used for fragrance, skin conditioning and as a toning ingredient. Ginger is a widely cultivated rhizomatous spice plant.

CosIng definition: Zingiber Officinale Extract is an extract of the roots of the Ginger, Zingiber officinalis L., Zingiberaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROOT 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%20ROOT%20EXTRACT