How we scored it
Dried, ground plant fruit with no added atoms: 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
Coffee fruit is harvested, dried and milled to a powder. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A powder made by drying and grinding the fruit of the arabica coffee plant (the coffee cherry). It is listed for antioxidant, skin-conditioning and flavouring uses. It is plant material that is only dried and milled.
CosIng definition: Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Fruit Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground fruit of Coffea arabica, Rubiaceae.
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.
- 2COFFEA ARABICA FRUIT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3COFFEA ARABICA FRUIT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COFFEA%20ARABICA%20FRUIT%20POWDER