Database/Humectant/Cucumis Melo Fruit Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cucumis Melo Fruit Water natural?

Yes. Hydrosol from honey melon fruit; wholly natural, no synthetic fragment.

INCI nameCucumis Melo Fruit Water
CAS90063-94-8
FunctionHumectant · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by steam-distilling honey melon (Cucumis melo) fruit.…

How we scored it

Steam distillate aqueous solution from melon fruit; entirely plant-derived. 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 honey melon (Cucumis melo) fruit. No petrochemical alternative route exists.

In plain English

A light, hydrating water distilled from honey melon. Used as a humectant and skin conditioner in cosmetics. Made directly from melon fruit.

CosIng definition: Cucumis Melo Fruit Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the fruit of Honey Melon, Cucumis melo L., Cucurbitaceae

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. 2CUCUMIS MELO FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CUCUMIS MELO FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCUMIS%20MELO%20FRUIT%20WATER