How we scored it
Botanical extract; convention rates 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 plant Zingiber zerumbet. No petrochemical equivalent exists.
In plain English
An extract from the shampoo ginger plant, used to condition skin. Produced by extracting the plant material, a traditional Pacific-islands ingredient.
CosIng definition: Zingiber Zerumbet Extract is an extract of the plant Zingiber zerumbet 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 ZERUMBET EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ZINGIBER ZERUMBET EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ZINGIBER%20ZERUMBET%20EXTRACT