Is Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Juice natural?

Q: Is Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Juice natural?

Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Juice has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. Sweet orange pulp juice is the only feedstock; water, sugars, organic acids and flavonoids are all made by the fruit. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. Sweet orange pulp juice is the only feedstock; water, sugars, organic acids and flavonoids are all made by the fruit.

INCI nameCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Juice

FunctionSkin Conditioning

FeedstockSweet oranges are squeezed and the juice is…

How we scored it

Fruit juice: water, sugars, citric acid and flavonoids from the orange (n=1); nothing added. 1 / 1 = 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

Sweet oranges are squeezed and the juice is expressed from the pulp, then filtered or concentrated. No synthetic route exists; any preservative would be declared separately on the INCI.

In plain English

Juice squeezed from sweet oranges, used in skincare for its skin-conditioning role. It is simply the liquid pressed from the fruit pulp, sometimes filtered or concentrated.

CosIng definition: Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Juice is the liquid expressed from the pulp of the orange, Citrus aurantium dulcis, Rutaceae

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