Is Spondias Purpurea Fruit Extract natural?

Q: Is Spondias Purpurea Fruit Extract natural?

Spondias Purpurea Fruit Extract has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. Fully plant-derived fruit extract; no petrochemical fragment. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. Fully plant-derived fruit extract; no petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameSpondias Purpurea Fruit Extract

FunctionSkin Conditioning

FeedstockObtained by extracting the fruit of the red…

How we scored it

Whole-fruit botanical extract; site rule = 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

Obtained by extracting the fruit of the red mombin tree (Spondias purpurea). No synthetic route is used.

In plain English

An extract of the fruit of the red mombin tree (Spondias purpurea). Used as a skin-conditioning ingredient.

CosIng definition: Spondias Purpurea Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Spondias purpurea, 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 PURPUREA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
3SPONDIAS PURPUREA 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%20PURPUREA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT