How we scored it
Powdered coral skeleton (calcium carbonate); natural biological mineral mass, no synthetic fragment. 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
Ground from the calcium-carbonate skeleton secreted by marine coral polyps (Anthozoa). No petrochemical alternative route exists.
In plain English
A powder made from coral skeletons, used as a gentle abrasive in scrubs. It's the natural calcium-carbonate structure that coral polyps build in the sea.
CosIng definition: Coral Powder is the powder of the hard, stony skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps of the class Anthozoa
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.
- 2CORAL POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CORAL POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CORAL%20POWDER