How we scored it
Steam-distillate hydrosol of tangerine fruit; water plus trace plant volatiles, fully natural. 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
Condensed from steam-distilling Citrus reticulata (tangerine) fruit. No synthetic alternative is used.
In plain English
A citrus-scented water distilled from tangerine fruit. It's the watery byproduct collected during tangerine essential-oil distillation.
CosIng definition: Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the fruit of Citrus reticulata, 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 RETICULATA FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS RETICULATA FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20RETICULATA%20FRUIT%20WATER