How we scored it
Juice expressed from pitaya fruit: water, sugars, fruit acids and betalain pigments, all fruit-derived. 1.00 x 100% = 1.00.
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
Dominant route is pressing the fruit of Hylocereus costaricensis, a red-fleshed dragon-fruit cactus. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
Juice pressed from the fruit of Hylocereus costaricensis, a red-fleshed dragon-fruit (pitaya) cactus. It is listed as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It is mostly water with fruit sugars, fruit acids and natural plant pigments.
CosIng definition: Hylocereus Costaricensis Fruit Juice is the juice expressed from the fruit of Hylocereus costaricensis, Cactaceae
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.
- 2HYLOCEREUS COSTARICENSIS FRUIT JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HYLOCEREUS COSTARICENSIS FRUIT JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HYLOCEREUS%20COSTARICENSIS%20FRUIT%20JUICE