How we scored it
Expressed plant juice: 1.00.
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
The flowering bracts of Zingiber zerumbet are squeezed and the juice filtered or stabilised. No alternative route exists.
In plain English
Juice pressed from the flowering bracts, the cone-like heads, of shampoo ginger, a tropical plant whose sap is traditionally used on hair. Added to condition hair. It is a plant juice.
CosIng definition: Zingiber Zerumbet Juice is the juice expressed from the flowering bracts of the 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 JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ZINGIBER ZERUMBET JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ZINGIBER%20ZERUMBET%20JUICE