How we scored it
Expressed fruit juice; this site's convention rates juices at 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
Expressed from the fruit of Hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn). No petrochemical equivalent exists.
In plain English
The pressed juice of sea buckthorn berries, rich in nutrients and used to condition skin. It's obtained simply by squeezing the fruit, with no chemical synthesis involved.
CosIng definition: Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Juice is the juice expressed from the fruit of the Sea Buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides L., Elaeagnaceae
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.
- 2HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES FRUIT JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES FRUIT JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HIPPOPHAE%20RHAMNOIDES%20FRUIT%20JUICE