How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract per this site's convention → 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
Produced by extracting the fruit of Psidium guajava (guava) with water or a water/solvent mix. No petrochemical alternative exists for a botanical extract.
In plain English
An extract of guava fruit, used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning and mildly astringent ingredient. Comes directly from the fruit of the guava tree.
CosIng definition: Psidium Guajava Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Guava, Psidium guajava L., Myrtaceae
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.
- 2PSIDIUM GUAJAVA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PSIDIUM GUAJAVA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PSIDIUM%20GUAJAVA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT