Database/Skin Conditioning/Carica Papaya Fruit Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Carica Papaya Fruit Water natural?

Yes. Steam distillate of papaya fruit; plant and water feedstocks are natural.

INCI nameCarica Papaya Fruit Water
CAS84012-30-6
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by steam-distilling papaya (Carica papaya) fruit. No…

How we scored it

Aqueous steam distillate of papaya fruit; natural water = 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 steam-distilling papaya (Carica papaya) fruit. No alternative synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A watery distillate made from steaming papaya fruit. Used for skin conditioning. Comes directly from the papaya plant.

CosIng definition: Carica Papaya Fruit Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the fruit of the Papaya, Carica papaya L., Caricaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CARICA PAPAYA FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CARICA PAPAYA FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CARICA%20PAPAYA%20FRUIT%20WATER