How we scored it
Whole botanical fruit extract, no synthetic fragments; botanical-extract default applies.
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 extracting the fruit of Myrciaria dubia (camu camu), an Amazonian shrub. No petrochemical alternative route exists.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning ingredient extracted from camu camu, an Amazonian fruit rich in vitamin C. Used in creams and serums, it comes directly from the fruit pulp via extraction.
CosIng definition: Myrciaria Dubia Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of Myrciaria dubia, Myrtaceae
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.
- 2MYRCIARIA DUBIA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MYRCIARIA DUBIA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRCIARIA%20DUBIA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT