How we scored it
Whole apple fruit extract; no synthetic fragments; botanical extracts are 1.0 by rule.
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 solvent or aqueous extraction of apples. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract of apple fruit used as an antioxidant ingredient in skincare formulations.
CosIng definition: Malus Domestica Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Malus domestica, Rosaceae
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.
- 2MALUS DOMESTICA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MALUS DOMESTICA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MALUS%20DOMESTICA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT