How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract = 1.0; supplied formula/IUPAC (a bicyclic terpenoid, ~C59H102O4) looks like a mismatched PubChem record for a minor wax component, not the bulk extract — description is authoritative.
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 Pyrus malus (apple) with water/solvent. No petrochemical route exists for a botanical extract.
In plain English
An extract of apple fruit used to help condition skin. Made by extracting natural compounds from apples; the supplied molecular formula looks mismatched to a different compound, but the ingredient itself is a plain apple extract.
CosIng definition: Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Apple, Pyrus malus 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.
- 2PYRUS MALUS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PYRUS MALUS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PYRUS%20MALUS%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT