Fructose has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. Simple sugar refined from fruit or corn; no petrochemical fragment present anywhere in the molecule. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Is Fructose natural? NOI 1.00

How we scored it

Fructose C6H12O6 is a monosaccharide isolated/refined from plant sources; no synthetic fragment. 1.0 by sugar convention.

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

Commercially produced by enzymatic isomerisation of corn-derived glucose, or extracted from fruit and other plant sugars. No petrochemical route exists.

In plain English

A natural sugar used to condition skin and attract moisture. It's the same fructose found in fruit and honey, usually produced commercially from corn starch.

Structure

(3S,4R,5R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol

PubChem CID 2723872 ↗

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.
2Fructose. PubChem CID 2723872. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
3FRUCTOSE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
4FRUCTOSE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FRUCTOSE