Database/Skin Conditioning/Sorbus Aucuparia Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sorbus Aucuparia Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Extract obtained directly from mountain ash berries by extraction; wholly natural plant feedstock.

INCI nameSorbus Aucuparia Fruit Extract
CAS84776-90-9
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted from the berries of the Mountain Ash…

How we scored it

Botanical fruit extract, this site's convention = 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

Extracted from the berries of the Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia). Produced by simple solvent or water extraction with no petrochemical inputs.

In plain English

An extract of mountain ash (rowan) berries, used to condition and soften the skin.

CosIng definition: Sorbus Aucuparia Extract is an extract of the berries of the Mountain Ash, Sorbus aucuparia L., Rosaceae

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