How we scored it
Whole fruit extract; every atom traces to physalis fruit material. 1.0 by this site's convention for botanical extracts.
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 extracting the fruit of cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana, Solanaceae). No petrochemical route exists for a plant extract.
In plain English
An extract of cape gooseberry (physalis) fruit, used in skincare as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Physalis Peruviana Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Physalis peruviana, 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 PERUVIANA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PHYSALIS PERUVIANA 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%20PERUVIANA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT