Database/Hair Conditioning/Citrus Unshiu Fruit Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Citrus Unshiu Fruit Water natural?

Yes. Entire mass traces to mandarin fruit via steam distillation; fruit waters are natural origin by this site's convention.

INCI nameCitrus Unshiu Fruit Water
CAS98106-71-9
FunctionHair Conditioning · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by steam-distilling Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu) fruit…

How we scored it

Aqueous steam distillate of Satsuma mandarin fruit; wholly plant-derived water fraction. 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

Produced by steam-distilling Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu) fruit and collecting the condensate water. No synthetic route exists for a fruit water.

In plain English

A water made by steam-distilling Satsuma mandarin fruit, used to condition skin and hair. It is the condensate collected during distillation of the fruit.

CosIng definition: Citrus Unshiu Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the fruit of the Mandarin orange, Satsuma, Citrus unshiu, 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 UNSHIU FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CITRUS UNSHIU 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%20UNSHIU%20FRUIT%20WATER