How we scored it
Juice pressed from cucumber pulp: water, sugars, organic acids, minerals, flavonoids, all natural origin (n=1). No petrochemical atoms. 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
Fresh cucumber (Cucumis sativus) fruit pulp is pressed and the juice is filtered. No alternative route is significant; any preservative in the commercial grade is declared separately.
In plain English
Juice pressed from fresh cucumber. In products it is used as an emollient and skin-conditioning ingredient. It consists of the cucumber's own water, sugars, plant acids and minerals.
CosIng definition: Cucumis Sativus Juice is the liquid expressed from the fresh pulp 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 JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CUCUMIS SATIVUS JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCUMIS%20SATIVUS%20JUICE