How we scored it
Whole strawberry fruit extract; no synthetic fragments; botanical extracts are 1.0 by rule.
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 solvent extraction of strawberries. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract of strawberry fruit used as an astringent and skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetic formulations.
CosIng definition: Fragaria Vesca Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Strawberry, Fragaria vesca L., Rosaceae
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.
- 2FRAGARIA VESCA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3FRAGARIA VESCA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FRAGARIA%20VESCA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT