How we scored it
Whole-fruit extract of vanilla pods; botanical extracts are natural origin by this site's convention. 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
Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract is obtained by extracting cured vanilla pods from the vanilla orchid, grown mainly in Madagascar, Indonesia and Mexico. It is used directly as the plant extract.
In plain English
An extract of vanilla pods from the vanilla orchid, grown mainly in Madagascar and Indonesia. Used as a skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetic formulations.
CosIng definition: Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Vanilla, Vanilla planifolia, Orchidaceae
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.
- 2VANILLA PLANIFOLIA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VANILLA PLANIFOLIA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VANILLA%20PLANIFOLIA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT