Database/Skin Conditioning/Crithmum Maritimum Powder
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Crithmum Maritimum Powder natural?

Yes. The powder is the whole dried plant, so fibre, sugars, essential oil and phenolic compounds are all plant-derived and nothing petrochemical is present.

INCI nameCrithmum Maritimum Powder
CAS89997-98-8
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockSea fennel (Crithmum maritimum L.), a coastal plant,…

How we scored it

Dried, ground sea fennel plant: cellulose, sugars, essential oil, phenolics, 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

Sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum L.), a coastal plant, is dried and milled to a powder. No alternative route is commercially significant.

In plain English

A powder made from dried, ground sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum), a salt-tolerant coastal plant. In products it is used for skin conditioning. It is simply the dried plant, so it holds the plant's fibre and natural compounds.

CosIng definition: Crithmum Maritimum Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground whole plant, Crithmum maritimum L., Apiaceae

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