How we scored it
Fruit (berry) extract, botanical extract 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
Zanthoxylum Bungeanum Fruit Extract is produced by extracting Sichuan pepper berries. There is no synthetic alternative; it is always plant-derived.
In plain English
A fruit extract from Sichuan pepper berries, used to condition skin. It comes directly from the plant rather than being made synthetically.
CosIng definition: Zanthoxylum Bungeanum Fruit Extract is the extract of the berries of the Sichuan-pepper, Zanthoxylum Bungeanum, Rutaceae
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.
- 2ZANTHOXYLUM BUNGEANUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ZANTHOXYLUM BUNGEANUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ZANTHOXYLUM%20BUNGEANUM%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT