How we scored it
Dried, ground plant powder; per this site's convention botanical powders score 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 the roots of zedoary, Curcuma zedoaria, a turmeric relative. No alternative synthetic route exists for this botanical powder.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning powder made by drying and grinding the roots of zedoary, Curcuma zedoaria, a turmeric relative from South Asia. Used as a mild botanical additive in cosmetics.
CosIng definition: Curcuma Zedoaria Root Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground roots of the Zedoary, Curcuma zedoaria, 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 ZEDOARIA ROOT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CURCUMA ZEDOARIA 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%20ZEDOARIA%20ROOT%20POWDER