How we scored it
Pressed juice: water, sugars, organic acids and vitamin C, all fruit-derived (n=1). 1.00.
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
Dominant feedstock is camu camu fruit from the Amazon basin, pressed to juice and filtered or concentrated. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
Juice pressed from the fruit of camu camu (Myrciaria dubia), a small shrub from the Amazon region. In products it is used as an antioxidant and emollient. It is obtained by pressing the fruit and filtering.
CosIng definition: Myrciaria Dubia Fruit Juice is the juice expressed from 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 JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MYRCIARIA DUBIA FRUIT JUICE. 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%20JUICE