How we scored it
Dried, ground whole algal biomass; natural material, no synthetic fragments.
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 drying and grinding cultivated Chlorella algae. No synthetic equivalent exists.
In plain English
A powder made from dried green algae, used to condition skin and add nutrients to skincare formulas.
CosIng definition: Chlorella Pyrenoidosa Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground alga, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Chlorellaceae.
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.
- 2CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CHLORELLA%20PYRENOIDOSA%20POWDER