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100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Vaccinium Macrocarpon Fruit natural?

Yes. The ingredient is the cranberry fruit itself, so all mass is natural origin.

INCI nameVaccinium Macrocarpon Fruit
CAS91770-88-6
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant route: harvested cranberry fruit, used fresh or…

How we scored it

Fruit of Vaccinium macrocarpon (plant material); all constituents natural: 1.00.
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 route: harvested cranberry fruit, used fresh or dried and ground. No alternative route is commercially significant.

In plain English

Cranberry fruit material (fresh, dried or ground) used in skin products as a conditioning ingredient. It supplies natural fruit sugars, acids and polyphenols.

CosIng definition: Vaccinium Macrocarpon Fruit is the fruit of the Cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, Ericaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2VACCINIUM MACROCARPON FRUIT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3VACCINIUM MACROCARPON FRUIT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VACCINIUM%20MACROCARPON%20FRUIT