How we scored it
Whole dried, ground algal biomass incl. natural calcium carbonate; both organic and mineral fractions natural = 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 wild-harvested Corallina officinalis coralline red algae, which naturally incorporates calcium carbonate. No significant alternative route.
In plain English
A powder from dried, ground coralline red algae, used to thicken formulas and bind ingredients together in cosmetic products.
CosIng definition: Corallina Officinalis Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground Alga, Corallina officinalis L., Corallinaceae
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.
- 2CORALLINA OFFICINALIS POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CORALLINA OFFICINALIS POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CORALLINA%20OFFICINALIS%20POWDER