How we scored it
Whole fruit plant material: sugars, acids, fibre, pigments and aroma compounds all plant-derived, n = 1. Natural mass 100% = 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 route is harvesting, drying and milling or pulping passion fruit. No alternative route is in commercial use.
In plain English
The fruit of the passion fruit plant, Passiflora edulis, used as a pulp, powder or dried fruit material to condition skin. It supplies the fruit's own sugars, acids, fibre, vitamins and aroma compounds.
CosIng definition: Passiflora Edulis Fruit is the fruit obtained from the Passionflower, Passiflora edulis, Passifloraceae
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.
- 2PASSIFLORA EDULIS FRUIT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PASSIFLORA EDULIS FRUIT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PASSIFLORA%20EDULIS%20FRUIT