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

Is Opuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Water natural?

Yes. Water and volatile constituents from steam-distilling cactus fruit.

INCI nameOpuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Water
CAS90082-21-6
FunctionAntioxidant · Emollient
FeedstockProduced by steam-distilling prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) fruit…

How we scored it

Aqueous steam distillate of prickly pear fruit; botanical water, 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 steam-distilling prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) fruit into an aqueous hydrosol. No synthetic alternative exists.

In plain English

A fruity water distilled from prickly pear cactus fruit, used to hydrate and lightly condition skin.

CosIng definition: Opuntia Ficus-Indica Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained 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 WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA FRUIT WATER. 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%20WATER