How we scored it
Wax from sweet orange peel (plant esters, fatty alcohols and hydrocarbons); no synthetic fragment; 1.0 / 1.0 = 1.00.
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
Wax is recovered from sweet orange peel, a citrus-processing by-product, by extraction and refining. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A plant wax recovered from sweet orange peel. In cosmetics it conditions the skin and can add body and a little structure to balms and creams. It comes from the peel of the orange fruit.
CosIng definition: Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Wax is a wax obtained from the peel 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 PEEL WAX. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS PEEL WAX. 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%20PEEL%20WAX