How we scored it
Pressed fruit juice: water, sugars, acids and other fruit constituents all plant-derived (n = 1). Natural mass / total mass = 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
Dominant feedstock is fresh citrus fruit pulp, pressed to juice and sometimes concentrated or stabilised. No synthetic route exists for the juice.
In plain English
Juice pressed from the pulp of grapefruit (listed as Citrus grandis). It is used in skin-care products as an astringent, toning and skin-conditioning ingredient. It comes directly from the fruit by pressing, with no chemical modification.
CosIng definition: Citrus Grandis Juice is the liquid expressed from the fresh pulp of the Grapefruit, Citrus grandis, 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 GRANDIS JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS GRANDIS JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20GRANDIS%20JUICE