Database/Skin Conditioning/Sclerocarya Birrea Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sclerocarya Birrea Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. CosIng defines this as an extract of marula fruit; botanical extracts are natural origin.

INCI nameSclerocarya Birrea Fruit Extract
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by extracting the fruit of the marula…

How we scored it

Fruit extract = 1.0 by this site's convention.
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 extracting the fruit of the marula tree, native to southern Africa. No synthetic alternative route exists.

In plain English

An extract made from the fruit of the marula tree, native to southern Africa. Used in skincare as a conditioning ingredient.

CosIng definition: Sclerocarya Birrea Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Sclerocarya birrea, Anacardiaceae

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