Pectin has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. A plant cell-wall polysaccharide obtained by hot-water/acid extraction from citrus peel or apple pomace — a natural extraction product. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Is Pectin natural? NOI 1.00 — Is That Natural?

How we scored it

Polysaccharide of galacturonic acid units extracted from fruit (citrus peel/apple pomace); gum/polysaccharide extracts are natural origin 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

Commercially extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace, fruit-juice processing by-products, using hot dilute acid, then purified. No synthetic route is used.

In plain English

A plant-based thickener and stabiliser extracted from citrus peel or apple pulp, the same substance that helps jam set. Used here to control texture and stabilise formulations.

Structure

(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid

PubChem CID 441476 ↗

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.
2Pectin. PubChem CID 441476. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
3PECTIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
4PECTIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PECTIN