How we scored it
Dried, ground leaf powder: whole plant tissue with no chemical modification. Natural mass fraction 1/1 = 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
Dominant feedstock is dried leaves of pitanga (Surinam cherry, Eugenia uniflora), a shrub of the myrtle family, ground to powder. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A mild scrub particle (abrasive) for exfoliating and cleansing products. It is made by drying and grinding the leaves of the pitanga, or Surinam cherry, a South American shrub of the myrtle family.
CosIng definition: Eugenia Uniflora Leaf Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground leaves of Eugenia uniflora, Myrtaceae
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.
- 2EUGENIA UNIFLORA LEAF POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3EUGENIA UNIFLORA LEAF POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=EUGENIA%20UNIFLORA%20LEAF%20POWDER