How we scored it
Whole fruit juice, no synthetic fragments to split; expressed juices score 1.0 by 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
The dominant commercial feedstock is mangosteen fruit (Garcinia mangostana), mechanically expressed to yield the juice. No alternative synthetic route exists for this ingredient.
In plain English
Juice pressed from mangosteen fruit, used in skincare for its antioxidant and skin-conditioning properties.
CosIng definition: Garcinia Mangostana Fruit Juice is the juice expressed from the fruit of the Mangosteen, Garcinia mangostana L., Hypericaceae
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 JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GARCINIA MANGOSTANA FRUIT JUICE. 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%20JUICE