Database/Skin Conditioning/Opuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Opuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Aqueous/solvent extract of prickly pear fruit; plant material throughout, no synthetic fragment.

INCI nameOpuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Extract
CAS90082-21-6
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by extracting the fruit of Opuntia ficus-indica…

How we scored it

Whole botanical fruit extract; this site's convention rates botanical extracts as fully 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

Produced by extracting the fruit of Opuntia ficus-indica with water or a mild solvent. No synthetic alternative exists for a botanical extract.

In plain English

An extract from prickly pear cactus fruit that conditions and softens skin, used in moisturizers and soothing skincare formulas.

CosIng definition: Opuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruits of the Fig, Opuntia ficus-indica, Cactaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OPUNTIA%20FICUS-INDICA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT