How we scored it
Fruit extract; whole biological material, no synthetic fragment.
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
Produced by extracting Kakadu plum fruit, wild-harvested or cultivated in Australia. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
An antioxidant-rich extract from Kakadu plum, a fruit very high in vitamin C. Used to help brighten skin, made from wild-harvested or farmed fruit.
CosIng definition: Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Terminalia ferdinandiana, Combretaceae
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 FERDINANDIANA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TERMINALIA FERDINANDIANA 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%20FERDINANDIANA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT