How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of noni fruit; water and trace plant volatiles, both natural.
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
Obtained by steam-distilling Morinda citrifolia (noni) fruit and collecting the aqueous distillate. No alternative synthetic route.
In plain English
A floral-water-style ingredient made by steam-distilling noni fruit, used to hydrate and condition skin. It is simply distilled fruit and water, nothing synthetic added.
CosIng definition: Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the fruit of Morinda citrifolia.
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.
- 2MORINDA CITRIFOLIA FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MORINDA CITRIFOLIA FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MORINDA%20CITRIFOLIA%20FRUIT%20WATER