How we scored it
Extract of yuzu fruit juice: sugars, acids and plant compounds in extraction water; 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
Yuzu (Citrus junos) fruit juice is pressed, then concentrated or extracted in water. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A water-based extract of yuzu juice, a Japanese citrus fruit, used as a humectant to help products hold water on the skin. It also carries the fruit's sugars, organic acids and other plant compounds. It is made by pressing and extracting the fruit.
CosIng definition: Citrus Junos Fruit Juice Extract is the extract of the juice obtained from the fruit of Citrus junos (the accepted scientific name for Citrus junos is Citrus x junos).
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 JUNOS FRUIT JUICE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS JUNOS FRUIT JUICE EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20JUNOS%20FRUIT%20JUICE%20EXTRACT