How we scored it
CosIng description identifies this as a grape fruit-cell-culture extract (botanical, 1.0); the attached formula (C18H32O2, linoleic acid) is treated as a marker compound, not the whole extract, per instructions to trust the description.
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
Produced by culturing grape fruit cells and extracting the biomass. The linoleic-acid formula attached to this entry appears to be a marker fatty acid rather than the whole-extract structure.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning ingredient made by growing grape fruit cells in culture and extracting them, similar to how apple stem-cell extracts are made. Still a plant-derived ingredient despite the lab-based production method.
CosIng definition: Vitis Vinifera Fruit Cell Extract is the extract of a culture of the fruit cells of the Red Grape, Vitis Vinifera L., Vitaceae
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.
- 2VITIS VINIFERA FRUIT CELL EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VITIS VINIFERA FRUIT CELL EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VITIS%20VINIFERA%20FRUIT%20CELL%20EXTRACT