How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract; this site's convention rates plant extracts 1.0 with no computation required.
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 the blueberry plant, Vaccinium corymbosum, typically by aqueous or hydro-glycolic extraction. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
An extract made from blueberries, added to skincare for its skin-conditioning and antioxidant properties. It comes straight from the fruit via a simple extraction process.
CosIng definition: Vaccinium Corymbosum Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of the Blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum L., Ericaceae
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.
- 2VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VACCINIUM%20CORYMBOSUM%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT