Database/Antimicrobial/Cinnamomum Cassia Bark Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cinnamomum Cassia Bark Water natural?

Yes. Hydrosol distilled from Cinnamomum cassia bark; distillation water and plant volatiles are natural-origin fragments.

INCI nameCinnamomum Cassia Bark Water
FunctionAntimicrobial · Anti-Sebum
FeedstockMade by steam-distilling cassia (Chinese cinnamon) bark and…

How we scored it

Aqueous steam distillate of cassia bark; water plus natural bark volatiles, both natural-origin fragments. Natural = 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 steam-distilling cassia (Chinese cinnamon) bark and collecting the aqueous fraction. A single natural-source hydrosol with no synthetic equivalent.

In plain English

A lightly spiced water distilled from cassia (cinnamon) bark, used for its astringent and antimicrobial effect on skin. It is essentially bark-infused water.

CosIng definition: Cinnamomum Cassia Bark Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the bark of Cinnamomum cassia, Lauraceae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CINNAMOMUM CASSIA BARK WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CINNAMOMUM CASSIA BARK WATER. 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%20WATER