How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of sea buckthorn fruit; water plus natural fruit volatiles, both natural-origin fragments. Natural = 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
Made by steam-distilling sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) fruit and collecting the aqueous condensate. A single natural-source fruit water used as a solvent/carrier.
In plain English
A lightly scented water distilled from sea buckthorn berries, used as a natural solvent and carrier in formulas. It is essentially berry-infused water.
CosIng definition: Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the fruit of Hippophae rhamnoides, 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 WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES FRUIT WATER. 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%20WATER