How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract → 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
Piper Longum Fruit Extract is produced by extracting the fruit of the long pepper plant. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract of long pepper fruit, used to add fragrance and as a traditional skin tonic.
CosIng definition: Piper Longum Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of the Long Pepper, Piper longum L., Piperaceae
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.
- 2PIPER LONGUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PIPER LONGUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PIPER%20LONGUM%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT