How we scored it
Plant extract: constituents taken from cantaloupe fruit (sugars, acids, carotenoids, other metabolites) are all natural origin (n=1); extraction solvent leaves no mass. 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
Fruit of the cantaloupe or honey melon (Cucumis melo, variety cantalupensis) is extracted with water, alcohol or glycol-water and the extract is filtered. No alternative route is significant; any carrier solvent in the commercial grade is declared separately.
In plain English
A plant extract made from the fruit of the cantaloupe or honey melon (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis). In products it is used as an astringent and skin-conditioning ingredient. It contains compounds taken from the fruit, such as sugars, plant acids and carotenoids.
CosIng definition: Cucumis Melo Cantalupensis Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Honey Melon, Cucumis melo L. var. cantalupensis, Cucurbitaceae
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.
- 2CUCUMIS MELO CANTALUPENSIS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CUCUMIS MELO CANTALUPENSIS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCUMIS%20MELO%20CANTALUPENSIS%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT