How we scored it
Fruit extract, no synthetic fragments → 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 fruit of Spondias mombin (yellow mombin/hog plum), a tropical fruit tree. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
An extract from a tropical fruit called yellow mombin. It helps draw and hold moisture in the skin.
CosIng definition: Spondias Mombin Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Spondias mombin L., Anacardiaceae
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.
- 2SPONDIAS MOMBIN FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SPONDIAS MOMBIN FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SPONDIAS%20MOMBIN%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT