Is Musa Paradisiaca Fruit Extract natural?

Q: Is Musa Paradisiaca Fruit Extract natural?

Musa Paradisiaca Fruit Extract has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. Direct extract of banana fruit; entirely plant-derived. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. Direct extract of banana fruit; entirely plant-derived.

INCI nameMusa Paradisiaca Fruit Extract

FunctionSkin Conditioning

FeedstockExtracted from Musa paradisiaca (banana) fruit. No synthetic…

How we scored it

Botanical fruit extract = 1.0 by convention.

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 Musa paradisiaca (banana) fruit. No synthetic alternative exists.

In plain English

An extract from banana fruit (Musa paradisiaca) used as a skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetics.

CosIng definition: Musa Paradisiaca (Banana) Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Musa paradisiaca, Musaceae .

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.
2MUSA PARADISIACA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
3MUSA PARADISIACA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MUSA%20PARADISIACA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT