How we scored it
Whole botanical extract of chilli pepper fruit; this site's convention sets botanical extracts to 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
Produced by extracting chilli pepper fruit with water, oil or an alcohol solvent. No synthetic alternative is used.
In plain English
An extract of chilli pepper fruit used to condition skin and hair and to give a warming, astringent effect. It is obtained by extracting the fruit with a solvent.
CosIng definition: Capsicum Annuum Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruits of the Capsicum, Capsicum annuum L., Solanaceae
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.
- 2CAPSICUM ANNUUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CAPSICUM ANNUUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CAPSICUM%20ANNUUM%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT