Database/Skin Conditioning/Cucurbita Maxima Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cucurbita Maxima Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Extract of pumpkin fruit, entirely plant-derived with no synthetic fragments.

INCI nameCucurbita Maxima Fruit Extract
CAS89998-02-7
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted from the fruit of the Great Gourd/pumpkin…

How we scored it

Botanical fruit extract; this site's convention scores plant extracts 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

Extracted from the fruit of the Great Gourd/pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) using water or a solvent. No synthetic route.

In plain English

An extract of pumpkin (winter squash) fruit used for skin conditioning. Made by extracting the fruit pulp with water or a solvent.

CosIng definition: Cucurbita Maxima Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Great Gourd, Cucurbita maxima, 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. 2CUCURBITA MAXIMA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CUCURBITA MAXIMA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCURBITA%20MAXIMA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT