How we scored it
Cold-pressed sweet orange peel essential oil (mainly limonene); no processing adds non-natural atoms. 100% natural = 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
Obtained by cold-pressing the peel of sweet orange fruit (Citrus sinensis), largely as a by-product of the juice industry. No synthetic route applies to the oil itself.
In plain English
Orange oil pressed from the peel of sweet oranges, used to give products a fresh citrus scent. It is a by-product of orange juice production and consists mostly of limonene.
CosIng definition: "Orange oil; Sweet orange oil". Citrus Sinensis peel Oil Expressed is an essential oil expressed from fresh the epicarps of the Sweet Orange Valencia, Citrus sinensis (syn: Citrus aurantium dulcis), 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 SINENSIS PEEL OIL EXPRESSED. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS SINENSIS PEEL OIL EXPRESSED. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20SINENSIS%20PEEL%20OIL%20EXPRESSED