Cloudberry
Rubus Chamaemorus Fruit Extract
An amber berry from the far north. Provenance first; the science is young.
Cloudberry is the golden raspberry of the Arctic — a low plant of Nordic bogs whose fruit ripens for a few weeks a year and is prized accordingly. It is rich in vitamin C and ellagitannins, and the seeds carry an oil high in omega-3 and -6.
We will be straight about the evidence. The research on cloudberry and skin is early and mostly done in the laboratory; the strongest work is on the seed rather than the fruit, and a recent screen found the fruit extract itself did little in the dish. In a cleanser it is a small, fragrant, organically farmed part of the formula, and we like it for what it is.
The study below is included because it is real and because it is the best there is — not because it makes a claim we would put on a carton.
The study
Laboratory studyCloudberry seed-coat extracts prevented three strains of resistant Staphylococcus aureus from forming biofilm in a wound-like medium. Laboratory only; nothing was applied to skin.
Aguilera-Correa JJ, Nohynek L, Alakomi HL, et al. Reduction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilm growth and development using arctic berry extracts. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023;13:1176755. PubMed 37424779
Research on the ingredient, not a test of any FOUNDER product. Cosmetic benefits only, and skin varies. These are cosmetics, not medicine.
