How we scored it
Dried, ground root powder; no chemical modification. 1.0 by this site's convention for botanical powders.
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 the roots of the Indian barberry plant. No synthetic processing is involved.
In plain English
A powder made from the dried, ground roots of the Indian barberry plant, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. Produced simply by drying and grinding the root.
CosIng definition: Berberis Aristata Root Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground roots of Berberis aristata, Berberidaceae
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.
- 2BERBERIS ARISTATA ROOT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BERBERIS ARISTATA ROOT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BERBERIS%20ARISTATA%20ROOT%20POWDER