How we scored it
Extract of gardenia fruit; single botanical extract, no synthetic fragments → 1.0.
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
Extracted from Gardenia jasminoides fruit using conventional aqueous or solvent extraction. Single natural route, valued for its yellow pigments.
In plain English
A natural yellow-orange colorant extracted from gardenia fruit. Used to tint cosmetic formulas. Made directly from the plant fruit, with no synthetic dyes.
CosIng definition: Gardenia Jasminoides Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides, Rubiaceae
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.
- 2GARDENIA JASMINOIDES FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GARDENIA JASMINOIDES FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GARDENIA%20JASMINOIDES%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT