6. Principle 6: give priority to naturalness

6.1 Context

The concept of naturalness is rather difficult to define, particularly in the case of plant extracts where the definition of a truly natural extract is unclear. According to the REACH legislation , a natural substance is "a natural substance, as such, unprocessed or processed only by manual mechanical or gravitational means, by dissolution in water, by flotation, by extraction with water, by steam distillation or by heating solely to remove water, or which is extracted from air by any means". This definition includes that the substance must not be chemically modified; in other words, its molecular structure...

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Regulations

Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 23, 2009 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (amended by Directives 2010/59/EU and 2016/1855/EU). OJ L 141, 6.6.2009, p. 3–11.

Standards

Responsabilité sociétale - ISO 26000 - 2010
Cosmetics – Guidelines for technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic ingredients and products – Part 2: criteria for ingredients and products - ISO 16128-2 - 2017
Environmental management – Life cycle assessment. Principle and framework - NF EN ISO 14040 - 2006
Environmental management – Life cycle assessment. Requirements and guidelines - NF EN...