Database/Skin Conditioning/Citrus Limon Juice
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Citrus Limon Juice natural?

Yes. The juice is expressed directly from lemon pulp, so every constituent is a plant metabolite or water; nothing petrochemical is added.

INCI nameCitrus Limon Juice
CAS92346-89-9
FunctionSkin Conditioning · Tonic
FeedstockDominant feedstock is lemon fruit pressed to juice…

How we scored it

Pressed juice: water, citric acid, sugars and flavonoids, all plant-derived (n=1). 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 lemon fruit pressed to juice and filtered or concentrated. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

Juice pressed from the pulp of lemons (Citrus limon). In products it is used for skin conditioning and as a tonic, and its citric acid also lowers the pH. It is obtained by pressing the fruit, and may be filtered.

CosIng definition: Citrus Limon Juice is the liquid expressed from the fresh pulp of the Lemon, Citrus limon (L.), Rutaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CITRUS LIMON JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CITRUS LIMON JUICE. 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