Database/Skin Conditioning/Lens Esculenta Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Lens Esculenta Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Whole extract of lentil seed material — entirely plant-derived, no synthetic fragments.

INCI nameLens Esculenta Fruit Extract
CAS90063-40-4
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted from the seeds (fruit) of the lentil…

How we scored it

Botanical fruit/seed extract; extracts are scored 1.0 by this site's 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

Extracted from the seeds (fruit) of the lentil plant, Lens esculenta, using water or a food-grade solvent. No alternative synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning extract made from lentils. Produced by extracting the lentil seed with water or a solvent.

CosIng definition: Lens Esculenta Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Lentil, Lens esculenta, Fabaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2LENS ESCULENTA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3LENS ESCULENTA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LENS%20ESCULENTA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT