How we scored it
Whole fruit extract; botanical extracts score 1.0 by convention.
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
The feedstock is the fruit of the golden shower tree (Cassia fistula), water- or solvent-extracted. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract of the fruit of the golden shower tree, used to condition skin.
CosIng definition: Cassia Fistula Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Purging Cassia, Cassia fistula L., Leguminosae
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.
- 2CASSIA FISTULA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CASSIA FISTULA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CASSIA%20FISTULA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT