Cleaver ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is primarily used as a skin-conditioning botanical extract, often included for soothing, toning, or mild astringent support in leave-on and rinse-off formulas.
What does Cleaver do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is primarily used as a skin-conditioning botanical extract, often included for soothing, toning, or mild astringent support in leave-on and rinse-off formulas.
Is Cleaver clean?
Clean-beauty frameworks generally treat it as low concern when supplied as a simple aqueous, glycerin, or alcohol extract. The main practical caveat is the normal botanical-extract potential for rare individual sensitivity or preservative-related issues in the finished raw material.
Is Cleaver sustainable?
It is plant-derived, renewable, and its extractives are expected to be biodegradable. Its footprint depends mostly on cultivation or wild-harvest practices, extraction solvent, and concentration of the supplied extract.
Is Cleaver COSMOS-approved?
It can fit COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic when the plant material and extraction solvents meet the standard, such as water, glycerin, or ethanol from accepted sources. Its Green Chemistry profile is strongest when made from renewable feedstock using mild extraction and biodegradable carrier systems.
How does Cleaver work chemically?
It is a complex botanical material rather than a single molecule, with water-soluble phenolics, flavonoids, iridoid-type constituents, tannins, and organic acids varying by extraction method. Use levels are supplier-dependent, commonly around 0.5 to 5% for commercial extracts, and stability is usually managed through preservation, low light exposure, and a pH range compatible with the extract carrier.
Last updated 2026-05-14