How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract; convention rates extracts at 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 Syzygium luehmannii (Australian riberry). No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract from the riberry, an Australian native fruit, used as an antioxidant and conditioning ingredient for skin and hair. Made by extracting the fruit with water or solvent.
CosIng definition: Syzygium Leuhmannii Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Syzygium leuhmanii, Myrteceae.
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.
- 2SYZYGIUM LUEHMANNII FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SYZYGIUM LUEHMANNII FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SYZYGIUM%20LUEHMANNII%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT