How we scored it
Extract of grape juice: botanical juice extract, all atoms natural origin (n = 1) -> 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
Grapes are pressed and the juice is concentrated or extracted, often from wine-grape or table-grape streams. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A grape juice extract used in skin-care products as an antioxidant and skin-conditioning botanical. It comes from pressed grapes, with no chemical synthesis.
CosIng definition: Vitis Vinifera Juice Extract is an extract of the juice of the 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 JUICE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VITIS VINIFERA JUICE 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%20JUICE%20EXTRACT