How we scored it
Crushed plant fruit: 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
Cucumbers are washed and crushed, then sometimes stabilised or dried. No alternative route exists.
In plain English
Crushed cucumber fruit used in cleansers, masks and toners as a cooling, softening plant ingredient. It is simply the macerated fruit of the cucumber plant.
CosIng definition: Cucumis Sativus Fruit is the crushed fruit of the Cucumber, Cucumis sativus L., 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 SATIVUS FRUIT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CUCUMIS SATIVUS FRUIT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCUMIS%20SATIVUS%20FRUIT