How we scored it
Whole plant fruit extract; all carbon, water and minerals trace to Bactris gasipaes 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
Made by extracting the fruit of the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), a South American palm. No petrochemical feedstock is involved.
In plain English
An extract from the fruit of the peach palm tree, used to condition skin and hair and act as an antioxidant in a formula.
CosIng definition: Bactris Gasipaes Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Bactris gasipaes.
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.
- 2BACTRIS GASIPAES FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BACTRIS GASIPAES FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BACTRIS%20GASIPAES%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT