How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract; entirely plant-derived.
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 Lycium barbarum (goji/boxthorn) using standard solvent or aqueous extraction. No petrochemical inputs remain in the finished extract.
In plain English
A conditioning and astringent extract made from goji berries. It comes entirely from the goji berry plant.
CosIng definition: Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Boxthorn, Lycium barbarum L., Solanaceae
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.
- 2LYCIUM BARBARUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LYCIUM BARBARUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LYCIUM%20BARBARUM%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT