Database/Skin Conditioning/Citrus Aurantifolia Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Citrus Aurantifolia Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Extract of lime fruit; entire ingredient is natural plant matter, no synthetic fragments involved.

INCI nameCitrus Aurantifolia Fruit Extract
CAS90063-52-8
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by extracting the fruit of Citrus aurantifolia…

How we scored it

Botanical fruit extract; whole ingredient counts as natural plant material by this site's 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

Produced by extracting the fruit of Citrus aurantifolia (lime) with water or solvent. No alternative synthetic route exists for a botanical extract.

In plain English

An extract of lime fruit used in skincare to help condition the skin. Made by extracting the fruit of the lime tree.

CosIng definition: Citrus Aurantifolia Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Lime, Citrus Aurantifolia, Rutaceae

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