How we scored it
Whole dried, ground bark powder; this site's convention: powders = 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 drying and grinding Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) bark. No alternative industrial route.
In plain English
Ground, dried Ceylon cinnamon bark used whole as a skin-conditioning powder. Just milled cinnamon bark, no extraction or synthesis.
CosIng definition: Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Bark Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground bark of the Ceylon Cinnamon, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, 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 ZEYLANICUM BARK POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM BARK POWDER. 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%20POWDER