How we scored it
Botanical fruit extract; no synthetic fragments; all mass traces to Zanthoxylum piperitum fruit.
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 Piperitum Fruit Extract is obtained by extraction from the fruit of the Japanese pepper / prickly ash tree (Rutaceae). No petrochemical processing agents remain in the final extract mass.
In plain English
An extract from the fruit of the Japanese pepper tree (prickly ash), used to condition skin. It is produced by simply extracting the fruit's natural compounds.
CosIng definition: Zanthoxylum Piperitum Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Prickly Ash, Zanthoxylum piperitum, 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 PIPERITUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ZANTHOXYLUM PIPERITUM 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%20PIPERITUM%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT