How we scored it
Botanical bark extract — this site's convention scores all plant extracts 1.0.
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
Extracted from the bark of the soursop tree (Annona muricata) using a water or solvent extraction. No petrochemical alternative route exists for this extract.
In plain English
An extract from soursop tree bark, used to condition skin. Made by extracting compounds from the bark with a solvent.
CosIng definition: Annona Muricata Bark Extract is the extract of the bark of Annona muricata, Annonaceae.
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.
- 2ANNONA MURICATA BARK EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ANNONA MURICATA BARK EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ANNONA%20MURICATA%20BARK%20EXTRACT