Database/Skin Conditioning/Citrus Reticulata Peel Powder
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Citrus Reticulata Peel Powder natural?

Yes. The powder is the whole dried mandarin peel, so cell-wall polysaccharides, flavonoids and citrus oils are all plant-derived.

INCI nameCitrus Reticulata Peel Powder
CAS8008-31-9
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockMandarin (Citrus reticulata) peel, a juice-industry by-product, is…

How we scored it

Dried, ground mandarin peel: cellulose, pectin, flavonoids, citrus oils, all natural origin (n=1). No added atoms. 1.00.
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

Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) peel, a juice-industry by-product, is dried and milled to a powder. No alternative route is commercially significant.

In plain English

A powder made from dried, ground mandarin orange peel. In products it is used for skin conditioning. It is simply the dried peel, so it holds the peel's fibre, pectin, flavonoids and citrus oils.

CosIng definition: Citrus Reticulata Peel Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground peel of the Mandarin-orange, Citrus reticulata, Rutaceae

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. 2CITRUS RETICULATA PEEL POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CITRUS RETICULATA PEEL POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CITRUS%20RETICULATA%20PEEL%20POWDER