How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract per this site's convention: 100/100=1.00.
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
Prunus Avium Fruit Extract is obtained by extracting sweet cherries, typically with water, glycerin or alcohol. No synthetic alternative exists for this botanical extract.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract made from sweet cherries. It is produced by extracting the fruit directly, with no synthetic processing.
CosIng definition: Prunus Avium Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Sweet Cherry, Prunus avium L., Rosaceae
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.
- 2PRUNUS AVIUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PRUNUS AVIUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PRUNUS%20AVIUM%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT