Database/Perfuming/Foeniculum Vulgare Dulce Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Foeniculum Vulgare Dulce Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Constituents such as anethole, fenchone and fatty oils are extracted from sweet fennel fruits, so the whole mass is natural origin with no petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameFoeniculum Vulgare Dulce Fruit Extract
CAS84455-29-8
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockDominant feedstock is dried fruits (seeds) of sweet…

How we scored it

Fruit (seed) extract: every atom from plant material, including volatile terpenes (natural, b); solvent leaves no mass. Natural mass fraction 1/1 = 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

Dominant feedstock is dried fruits (seeds) of sweet fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce), extracted with ethanol, CO2 or a cosmetic glycol. No synthetic route exists for the extract itself.

In plain English

A plant extract used to add fragrance, with a sweet aniseed-like aroma. It is made from the dried fruits (seeds) of sweet fennel, extracted in a solvent.

CosIng definition: Foeniculum Vulgare Dulce Fruit Extract is an extract obtained from the dried fruits of the Sweet Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce, Umbelliferae. Syn Sweet fennel

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