How we scored it
Ground whole seed powder; this site's convention rates powders (like extracts) 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
Made by drying and grinding chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A gentle exfoliating powder made from ground, dried chickpeas. It comes straight from the chickpea seed and is used to physically buff the skin in scrubs.
CosIng definition: Cicer Arietinum Seed Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground seeds of the Chickpea, Cicer arietinum L., Fabaceae
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.
- 2CICER ARIETINUM SEED POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CICER ARIETINUM SEED POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CICER%20ARIETINUM%20SEED%20POWDER