How we scored it
Dried ripe fruit as plant material (n = 1) with no chemical modification; no reagent or solvent mass in the product. 1.0 / 1.0 = 1.00.
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
Dominant route is harvesting and drying ripe Capsicum frutescens fruit, optionally milled, with no chemical conversion. No commercially significant alternative route exists.
In plain English
The dried ripe fruit of the cayenne pepper plant (Capsicum frutescens), used as plant material without chemical modification. It is listed as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Capsicum Frutescens Fruit is a plant material derived from the dried ripe fruit of the Cayenne Pepper, Capsicum frutescens 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 FRUTESCENS FRUIT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS FRUIT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CAPSICUM%20FRUTESCENS%20FRUIT