How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of haskap berries; wholly plant-derived water fraction. 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
Produced by steam-distilling haskap (honeyberry) fruit and collecting the aromatic condensate water. No synthetic route exists for a fruit water.
In plain English
A water made by steam-distilling haskap (honeyberry) fruit, used to help skin hold moisture. It is the condensate collected during distillation of the fruit.
CosIng definition: Lonicera Caerulea Fruit Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the fruit of Haskaap berries of the Lonicera caerulea L., Caprifoliaceae
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.
- 2LONICERA CAERULEA FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LONICERA CAERULEA FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LONICERA%20CAERULEA%20FRUIT%20WATER