How we scored it
Dried, ground fruit powder, no synthetic modification — botanical powder = 1.0 by this site's convention.
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
Capsicum Annuum Fruit Powder is made by drying and grinding chilli pepper fruit. No petrochemical material is introduced.
In plain English
The dried, ground fruit of the chilli pepper plant, used in skincare for its natural skin-conditioning and warming effect.
CosIng definition: Capsicum Annuum Fruit Powder is the powder of the dried fruit of the Capsicum, Capsicum annuum L., Solanaceae
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.
- 2CAPSICUM ANNUUM FRUIT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CAPSICUM ANNUUM FRUIT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CAPSICUM%20ANNUUM%20FRUIT%20POWDER