How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract; plant-origin compounds only → 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 the dried fruit of Xylopia aethiopica ('grains of Selim'), a West African spice tree, using water or hydro-alcoholic solvents. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from a West African spice fruit known as grains of Selim. Produced by extracting the dried fruit with water or a water-alcohol solvent.
CosIng definition: Xylopia Aethiopica Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Xylopia aethiopica, Annonaceae
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.
- 2XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=XYLOPIA%20AETHIOPICA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT