How we scored it
Dried, ground lemon fruit: cellulose, pectin, sugars, citric acid, flavonoids, all natural origin (n=1). No added atoms. 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
Lemon (Citrus limon) fruit is dried and milled to a powder. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
A fine powder made from dried, ground lemon fruit. In products it is used for skin conditioning. It is simply the fruit with its water removed, so it holds the fruit's fibre, sugars, acids and plant compounds.
CosIng definition: Citrus Limon Fruit Powder is the powder obtained from the dried fruit of the Lemon, Citrus limon (L.), 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 LIMON FRUIT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS LIMON FRUIT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20LIMON%20FRUIT%20POWDER