How we scored it
Expressed juice: water (n = 1) plus plant sugars, acids and phenolics, all natural origin; nothing added. Natural 100% / total 100% = 1.00.
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
Dominant route is pressing the aubergine fruit and filtering the juice. No synthetic or alternative route exists for this botanical juice.
In plain English
A plant juice used for skin conditioning. It is pressed from the fruit of the aubergine (eggplant) and is mostly water, with the fruit's natural sugars, acids and plant pigments.
CosIng definition: Solanum Melogena Fruit Fruit Juice is the juice expressed from the fruit of the Eggplant, Solanum melongena L., Solanaceae
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.
- 2SOLANUM MELONGENA FRUIT JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SOLANUM MELONGENA FRUIT JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SOLANUM%20MELONGENA%20FRUIT%20JUICE