A registered mark: we describe it in words and do not reproduce it.
COSMOS ORGANIC and COSMOS NATURAL
COSMOS ORGANIC: at least 95 % of the physically processed agro-ingredients are organic and at least 20 % of the whole product is organic (10 % for rinse-off products, non-emulsified watery products and products that are at least 80 % mineral). COSMOS NATURAL: the product meets the standard’s rules on ingredients and processes, with no minimum organic content. Both: the finished product and its ingredients are not tested on animals by the maker or anyone it induces to do so, except ingredient tests required by non-cosmetic law.
Who awards it
COSMOS-standard AISBL, set up by BDIH (Germany), Cosmebio and Ecocert (France), ICEA (Italy) and the Soil Association (UK); products are certified by approved certification bodies. The COSMOS signatures are registered trademarks.
What it does not certify
It does not certify that a COSMOS NATURAL product contains any organic ingredient at all. It does not certify that a COSMOS ORGANIC product is 95 % organic overall: the 95 % applies to the farm-grown ingredients, while water and minerals count toward the product but can never be organic — which is why the label must print the actual share, such as ‘22% organic of total’.
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- What it looks like
- The words COSMOS ORGANIC or COSMOS NATURAL, which must appear together with the seal of the member organisation (for example BDIH, Cosmebio, Ecocert, ICEA or the Soil Association), the name of the certification body and a percentage. We do not reproduce any of the seals.
- Also called
- COSMOS certified; COSMOS organic; COSMOS natural; Ecocert COSMOS; Soil Association COSMOS
Good to know
COSMOS CERTIFIED and COSMOS APPROVED are different signatures, meant for raw materials (with and without organic content) rather than the finished product on the shelf.
Other certification marks
Sources
Quoted from the scheme owner’s own published criteria, each fetched and read on the date shown. Schemes revise their criteria; the owner’s current document is the authority.
- Scheme owner — COSMOS-standard AISBL: COSMOS-standard, Cosmetics organic and natural standard, Version 4.2 (1 September 2025, PDF) — 7.1.1 ‘at least 95% of the physically processed agro-ingredients must be organic’; 7.1.2 ‘at least 20% of the total product must be organic’ (10 % for rinse-off, non-emulsified aqueous and ≥80 % mineral products); 7.2 natural certification: ‘There is no requirement to use a minimum level of organic ingredients’; 5.2 animal testing; 10.2/10.3 signature, certification body and percentage on the label; 10.8 ‘The COSMOS term and COSMOS signatures are registered trademarks (®)’. Checked 2026-09-26.