How we scored it
Fruit juice; botanical juices = 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
Pressed from the fruit of Litchi chinensis. No alternative industrial route.
In plain English
The juice pressed from lychee fruit, used in skincare to help condition the skin.
CosIng definition: Litchi Chinensis Fruit Juice is the juice expressed from the fruit of the Licci, Litchi chinensis, Sapindaceae
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.
- 2LITCHI CHINENSIS FRUIT JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LITCHI CHINENSIS FRUIT JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LITCHI%20CHINENSIS%20FRUIT%20JUICE