How we scored it
Extract of ground-cherry fruit: sugars, organic acids, carotenoids and polyphenols are all plant-derived (n=1). Extraction solvent leaves no mass. Total 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
Dominant route is water or hydroglycolic extraction of the fruit. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
An extract of the fruit of the ground cherry, a close relative of the cape gooseberry, made by soaking the fruit in a water-based solvent. It is used as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Physalis Pruinosa Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Physalis pruinosa, 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 PRUINOSA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PHYSALIS PRUINOSA 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%20PRUINOSA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT