How we scored it
Whole botanical fruit extract; this site's convention scores plant extracts 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
Extracted from cranberry fruit using water or a hydro-alcoholic solvent. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A fruit extract from cranberries, used to condition skin. It's produced by extracting the fruit with water or a water-alcohol solvent.
CosIng definition: Vaccinium Oxycoccos Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Vaccinium oxycoccos, 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 OXYCOCCOS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VACCINIUM OXYCOCCOS 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%20OXYCOCCOS%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT