Raw Material Approval

The approval of natural cosmetic ingredients according to the ISO 16128 allows ingredient manufacturers to ensure transparency and traceability in their formulations. This international standard defines clear and harmonized criteria for distinguishing natural and naturally derived ingredients, thus facilitating their recognition in the market.

A Reference for Transparent Communication

The ISO 16128 standard provides a reference framework that helps companies calculate the natural and natural origin indices of their ingredients or formulas. By using this methodology, they can back their natural composition claims, thereby increasing consumer trust.

A Precise Methodological Framework

The standard consists of two parts:

• ISO 16128-1: defines the categories of ingredients (natural, naturally derived, mineral, etc.) and their inclusion criteria.
• ISO 16128-2: offers a method for calculating the natural origin indices of ingredients and cosmetic formulas.

A Tool to Support Innovation and Compliance

With this approval, companies can ensure their calculation method aligns with an internationally recognized standard, ISO 16128. This enables them to meet the growing consumer demand for cosmetics that are more transparent about their natural content.

Our approval service is aimed at cosmetic ingredient manufacturers who wish to ensure the compliance of the natural origin level of their raw materials, calculated using the recognized methodology of the ISO 16128 standard.

This verification, carried out by an independent third party, allows companies to confirm the natural and natural origin of their ingredients with transparency and reliability. It offers official recognition of the natural origin calculations according to ISO 16128, thus enhancing the credibility of manufacturers' claims to their clients (brands and cosmetic formulators).

By opting for this approval service, companies gain a mark of trust within the natural and organic cosmetics market, relying on a methodology that is recognized worldwide.

This service is part of our Sustainability Data Check package for raw materials, a solution for verifying ingredients and collecting all the data required to meet the environmental, social and naturalness requirements of RMs according to several criteria and requirements: COSMOS, NATRUE, ECODETERGENT, ECOLABEL, GREEN IMPACT INDEX, ISO 16128

Our approval process is simple, structured, and transparent. It enables cosmetic ingredient manufacturers to ensure their raw materials comply with the criteria defined by ISO 16128 through independent evaluation.

1. Submission of the Request: The company must fill out a request form and sign the contractual documents to initiate the validation process.
2. Submission of Technical Documents: The manufacturer must provide the specifications of the raw materials, details of the manufacturing process, including the origin of the raw materials and transformation steps, and the natural origin calculations (natural indices, natural origin, content etc.) according to the ISO 16128-2 methodology.
3. Verification of Compliance: We conduct a thorough analysis of the information provided to:
   • Calculate the natural indices and verify their accuracy.
   • Ensure the consistency of the calculations and their compliance with the standard's requirements.
4. Issuance of the Approval Certificate: If the evaluation is successful, a certificate is issued, confirming that the natural level calculated for the ingredient meets the ISO 16128 criteria. This certificate can be used as official proof of the ingredient's natural origin content to clients and partners.

ISO 16128-2:2017 - Cosmetics — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients — Part 2: Criteria for ingredients and products