How we scored it
Fruit extract, botanical extract convention = 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
Lycium Chinense Fruit Extract is produced by extracting the fruit of the Chinese wolfberry plant. There is no synthetic alternative; it is always plant-derived.
In plain English
A fruit extract from the Chinese wolfberry, a relative of goji berry, used as an antioxidant. It is obtained directly from the fruit rather than manufactured synthetically.
CosIng definition: Lycium Chinense Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Chinese Lycium chinense, 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 CHINENSE FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LYCIUM CHINENSE 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%20CHINENSE%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT