How we scored it
100% fruit extract (Japanese privet). 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 the fruit of Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum), typically by aqueous or hydro-alcoholic extraction. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A fruit extract from the Japanese privet shrub. Used as a skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetic formulations.
CosIng definition: Ligustrum Japonicum Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of Ligustrum japonicum, Oleaceae
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.
- 2LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LIGUSTRUM%20JAPONICUM%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT