How we scored it
Carbonized natural organic material (biomass pyrolysis) per description -> treated as natural feedstock = 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 heating organic biomass, typically wood, bamboo or coconut shell, until it chars into carbon (pyrolysis). The description does not confirm the exact feedstock, so a mineral-oil-derived source cannot be fully excluded.
In plain English
Used to absorb oil and impurities and add a dark tint in cleansers, masks and powders. Made by heating natural organic material, such as wood or shells, until it chars into carbon.
CosIng definition: Charcoal Powder is the dried, carbonaceous material obtained from the heating of organic substances
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.
- 2CHARCOAL POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CHARCOAL POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CHARCOAL%20POWDER