Database/Skin Conditioning/Vanilla Tahitensis Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Vanilla Tahitensis Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Extract of Tahitian vanilla pods, Vanilla tahitensis; entirely plant-derived with no petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameVanilla Tahitensis Fruit Extract
CAS94167-14-3
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by extracting the fruit (pods) of Tahitian…

How we scored it

Whole botanical extract; per this site's convention all plant extracts score 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

Made by extracting the fruit (pods) of Tahitian vanilla, Vanilla tahitensis, an orchid grown mainly in French Polynesia. No alternative synthetic route exists for this botanical extract.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning extract made from Tahitian vanilla pods, Vanilla tahitensis, an orchid species grown mainly in French Polynesia. The pods are extracted for use in cosmetic products.

CosIng definition: Vanilla Tahitensis Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Vanilla, Vanilla tahitensis, Orchidaceae

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. 2VANILLA TAHITENSIS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3VANILLA TAHITENSIS 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%20TAHITENSIS%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT