How we scored it
Steam-distilled volatile oil from cinnamon bark; essential-oils convention = 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 Zeylanicum Bark Oil is obtained by steam distillation of cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) bark. It is used as the whole distilled oil.
In plain English
A warm, spicy essential oil steam-distilled from cinnamon bark. It's used mainly to fragrance and perfume cosmetic products.
CosIng definition: Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Bark Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum. The accepted scientific name for Cinnamomum zeylanicum is Cinnamomum verum.
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 ZEYLANICUM BARK OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM 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%20ZEYLANICUM%20BARK%20OIL