How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract: all mass is plant-derived (n = 1). Extraction solvent leaves no counted mass. Natural mass 100% of total, NOI = 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
Dominant feedstock is the dried fruit of Terminalia arjuna, extracted with water, ethanol or a glycol/glycerin mixture and concentrated. No synthetic route exists; carriers such as glycols, if used, are declared separately on the label.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from the fruit of the arjuna tree (Terminalia arjuna), a large tree of South Asia. The fruit is extracted with water, alcohol or glycol and the liquid is concentrated, so everything in it comes from the plant.
CosIng definition: Terminalia Arjuna Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Terminalia arjuna, Crombretaceae.
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.
- 2TERMINALIA ARJUNA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TERMINALIA ARJUNA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TERMINALIA%20ARJUNA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT