Database/Skin Conditioning/Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Juice
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Juice natural?

Yes. Simple mechanically expressed fruit juice; every atom originates in the bilberry fruit itself.

INCI nameVaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Juice
CAS84082-34-8
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockVaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruit Juice is obtained by…

How we scored it

Juice expressed directly from bilberry fruit; pressing introduces no petrochemical mass → 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

Vaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruit Juice is obtained by mechanically pressing the fresh fruit. No alternative synthetic route exists or is relevant for a fruit juice.

In plain English

The juice pressed straight from bilberries, used in skincare for its conditioning properties. It comes directly from the fruit with no chemical processing.

CosIng definition: Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Juice is the juice expressed from the fruit of the Myrtle, Vaccinium myrtillus L., 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 MYRTILLUS FRUIT JUICE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS FRUIT JUICE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VACCINIUM%20MYRTILLUS%20FRUIT%20JUICE