How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract: all atoms come from soursop fruit biomass; no added non-natural fragment. 1.0 / 1.0 = 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
Fruit of the soursop tree (Anona muricata), grown in tropical regions, is extracted with water, alcohol or a similar solvent and concentrated. No commercially significant alternative route.
In plain English
A plant extract made from the fruit of soursop, Anona muricata, a tropical fruit tree. It is added to skin-care products as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Anona Muricata Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of soursop, Anona muricata L., Anonaceae
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.
- 2ANONA MURICATA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ANONA MURICATA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ANONA%20MURICATA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT