How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract; plant extracts are rated 1.0 by this site's 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
Obtained by extracting the fruit of the mangosteen, Garcinia mangostana. No synthetic alternative is used.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from mangosteen fruit, prized in traditional use for its antioxidant compounds. It comes directly from the fruit by extraction.
CosIng definition: Garcinia Mangostana Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of the Mangosteen, Garcinia mangostana L., Clusiaceae
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.
- 2GARCINIA MANGOSTANA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GARCINIA MANGOSTANA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GARCINIA%20MANGOSTANA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT