How we scored it
Extract of lemon juice: citric acid, sugars and flavonoids all plant-derived. 1.0.
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 route is pressing of lemons followed by concentration or water-alcohol extraction of the juice. No common alternative route.
In plain English
An extract of lemon juice used as a tonic-type ingredient. It supplies natural citric acid, sugars and plant compounds from the fruit and is made by pressing lemons and concentrating or extracting the juice.
CosIng definition: Citrus Limon Juice Extract is an extract of the juice 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 JUICE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS LIMON 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%20LIMON%20JUICE%20EXTRACT