How we scored it
Ground carob seed endosperm (galactomannan gum); whole botanical material, this site's convention 1.0.
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
Produced by milling the endosperm of carob (Ceratonia siliqua) seeds into a powder. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A thickener and stabiliser ground from carob tree seeds. It's a natural plant gum used much like guar gum, involving only mechanical processing.
CosIng definition: Ceratonia Siliqua Gum is the ground seed of the ripe fruit of St. John's Bread (carob), Ceratonia siliqua L. (Locust bean), Leguminosae
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.
- 2CERATONIA SILIQUA GUM. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CERATONIA SILIQUA GUM. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CERATONIA%20SILIQUA%20GUM