How we scored it
Dried cassia bark plant material; whole plant material = 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
Dominant route: cassia bark is stripped, dried and usually ground. No petrochemical route exists for the bark itself.
In plain English
Dried, usually ground bark of the Chinese cinnamon (cassia) tree, added to products as a skin-conditioning plant material. It comes entirely from the plant.
CosIng definition: Cinnamomum Cassia Bark is a plant material derived from the dried bark of the Chinese Cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia (L.), 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. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CINNAMOMUM CASSIA BARK. 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