How we scored it
Whole expressed fruit juice; this site's convention: juices = 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
Expressed from fresh elderberry (Sambucus nigra) fruit. No alternative industrial route.
In plain English
Juice pressed from elderberries, used for its mild astringent, skin-conditioning effect. Simply the expressed juice of the fruit.
CosIng definition: Sambucus Nigra Fruit Juice is the liquid expressed from the fruit of the Elder, Sambucus nigra L., Caprifoliaceae
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.
- 2SAMBUCUS NIGRA FRUIT JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SAMBUCUS NIGRA FRUIT JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAMBUCUS%20NIGRA%20FRUIT%20JUICE