How we scored it
Whole natural essential oil, distilled from cassia bark, per this site's convention for botanical oils => 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
Cinnamomum Cassia Bark Oil is steam-distilled directly from cassia tree bark. There is no synthetic alternative; it is always a natural essential oil.
In plain English
The essential oil distilled from cassia (Chinese cinnamon) bark, used for its warm spicy scent and for antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in formulas.
CosIng definition: Cinnamomum Cassia Bark Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the bark of Cinnamomum cassia, Lauraceae.
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.
- 2CINNAMOMUM CASSIA BARK OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CINNAMOMUM CASSIA BARK OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CINNAMOMUM%20CASSIA%20BARK%20OIL