How we scored it
Dried, ground peel; convention rates powders at 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
Produced by drying and grinding the peel of Citrus sinensis (orange). No petrochemical equivalent exists.
In plain English
A powder made from dried, ground orange peel, used as an antioxidant ingredient. It's a simple physical product of drying and milling the peel.
CosIng definition: Citrus Sinensis Peel Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground peel of Citrus sinensis.
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.
- 2CITRUS SINENSIS PEEL POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CITRUS SINENSIS 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%20SINENSIS%20PEEL%20POWDER