How we scored it
Ground seed powder; fully natural plant material.
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
Made by drying and grinding baobab (Adansonia digitata) seeds. No synthetic alternative route exists for a milled botanical.
In plain English
Dried, ground baobab seeds used as a gentle abrasive in scrubs. It is simply the milled seed, with nothing synthetic added.
CosIng definition: Adansonia Digitata Seed Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground seeds of Adansonia digitata L., Malvaceae
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.
- 2ADANSONIA DIGITATA SEED POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ADANSONIA DIGITATA SEED POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ADANSONIA%20DIGITATA%20SEED%20POWDER