Database/Skin Conditioning/Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Entire ingredient is watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) fruit extract, a natural-origin plant fragment.

INCI nameCitrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract
CAS90244-99-8
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by aqueous extraction of watermelon flesh. No…

How we scored it

Whole watermelon fruit extract; no synthetic fragments; botanical extracts are 1.0 by rule.
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 aqueous extraction of watermelon flesh. No alternative synthetic route exists.

In plain English

An extract of watermelon fruit used to condition and add moisture to skin in cosmetic formulations.

CosIng definition: Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus, Cucurbitaceae

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