Database/Skin Conditioning/Sapindus Mukorossi Fruit Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sapindus Mukorossi Fruit Water natural?

Yes. A hydrosol produced by steam-distilling soapnut fruit; distillation leaves only plant-derived water and volatiles.

INCI nameSapindus Mukorossi Fruit Water
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by steam-distilling the fruit of Sapindus mukorossi…

How we scored it

Aqueous steam-distillate of soapnut fruit; water and trace volatiles both natural-origin; 1.0, consistent with this site's convention for distilled plant waters.
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

Made by steam-distilling the fruit of Sapindus mukorossi (soapnut) and collecting the aqueous fraction. No synthetic input remains in the product.

In plain English

A water-based distillate made by steaming soapnut (soapberry) fruit, used to condition the skin.

CosIng definition: Sapindus Mukorossi Fruit Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the fruit of Sapindus mukorossi.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI FRUIT WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI FRUIT WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAPINDUS%20MUKOROSSI%20FRUIT%20WATER