How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract; natural plant material, 1.0 by convention.
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
Extracted from Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi) fruit using standard extraction. No petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
A fruit extract from the Chinese lantern plant used to condition skin. It comes directly from the fruit via extraction.
CosIng definition: Physalis Alkekengi Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of Physalis alkekengi L., Solanaceae
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.
- 2PHYSALIS ALKEKENGI FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PHYSALIS ALKEKENGI FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PHYSALIS%20ALKEKENGI%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT