How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of redcurrant fruit; water plus natural volatiles only → 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 steam-distilling Ribes rubrum (redcurrant) fruit and collecting the aqueous aromatic fraction. Single natural route.
In plain English
A floral water steam-distilled from redcurrant fruit. Used to lightly condition skin. Entirely plant- and water-derived, with no synthetic processing.
CosIng definition: Ribes Rubrum (Currant) Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the fruit of Ribes rubrum, Grossulariaceae.
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.
- 2RIBES RUBRUM FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3RIBES RUBRUM FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=RIBES%20RUBRUM%20FRUIT%20WATER