Database/Antioxidant/Opuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Juice
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Opuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Juice natural?

Yes. Juice pressed directly from a fruit is natural origin by definition.

INCI nameOpuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Juice
CAS90082-21-6
FunctionAntioxidant · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockJuice expressed from the fruit of the prickly…

How we scored it

Expressed fruit juice; natural-origin building block per this site's convention = 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

Juice expressed from the fruit of the prickly pear cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica, typically by mechanical pressing.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning ingredient made simply by pressing the juice out of prickly pear cactus fruit.

CosIng definition: Opuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Juice is the juice expressed from the fruit of 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 JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA FRUIT JUICE. 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%20JUICE