How we scored it
Dried, ground turmeric rhizome powder, entirely natural plant material = 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 turmeric rhizomes grown as a food and spice crop. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
Ground turmeric root powder used as a skin-conditioning ingredient, made by drying and grinding the underground stems (rhizomes) of the turmeric plant.
CosIng definition: Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Powder is a powder obtained from the dried, ground rhizomes of Curcuma longa, Zingiberaceae.
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.
- 2CURCUMA LONGA ROOT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CURCUMA LONGA ROOT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CURCUMA%20LONGA%20ROOT%20POWDER