How we scored it
Extract of sweet orange peel; all plant-derived with 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
Sweet orange peel, a by-product of juice production, is extracted with water, alcohol or other cosmetic solvents. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract of sweet orange peel, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It carries the peel's flavonoids, fruit acids and citrus aroma compounds and is made by extracting the peel, a by-product of the juice industry.
CosIng definition: Citrus Aurantium Sinensis Peel Extract is the extract of the peel of the Sweet Orange Valencia, Citrus aurantium sinenesis, 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 SINENSIS PEEL EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS AURANTIUM SINENSIS PEEL EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20AURANTIUM%20SINENSIS%20PEEL%20EXTRACT