How we scored it
Volatile oil of Cinnamomum cassia: plant terpenoids and phenylpropanoids, all 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
Cassia (Chinese cinnamon) plant material such as bark, leaf and twig is steam distilled to give the oil. No alternative route is in commercial use.
In plain English
A warm, spicy essential oil steam-distilled from Chinese cinnamon (cassia). It is mostly cinnamaldehyde and is used for fragrance.
CosIng definition: Cinnamomum Cassia Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the whole plant 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 OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CINNAMOMUM CASSIA 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%20OIL