How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of apple fruit; water and plant volatiles both natural → 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
Made by steam-distilling fresh apples and collecting the aqueous distillate. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A gentle water steam-distilled from apples, used to hydrate and condition skin in toners and facial mists.
CosIng definition: Malus Domestica Fruit Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillates derived from the fruit of Malus domestica.
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 WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MALUS DOMESTICA FRUIT WATER. 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%20WATER