Is Annona Squamosa Fruit Extract natural?

Q: Is Annona Squamosa Fruit Extract natural?

Annona Squamosa Fruit Extract has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. Extract of sugar-apple fruit with no petrochemical fragment introduced during extraction. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. Extract of sugar-apple fruit with no petrochemical fragment introduced during extraction.

INCI nameAnnona Squamosa Fruit Extract

FunctionSkin Conditioning · Skin Protecting

FeedstockExtracted from the fruit of Annona squamosa (sugar…

How we scored it

Whole-fruit extract; all mass traces to Annona squamosa fruit; 1.0 by this site's convention for botanical extracts.

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 fruit of Annona squamosa (sugar apple/custard apple). No synthetic feedstock is involved.

In plain English

An extract from the fruit of the sugar apple (custard apple) tree, used to condition and help protect the skin.

CosIng definition: Annona Squamosa Fruit Extract is the extract of fruit of Annona squamosa, 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 SQUAMOSA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
3ANNONA SQUAMOSA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ANNONA%20SQUAMOSA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT