How we scored it
Whole ground plant fruit powder, only mechanical milling; natural origin by definition = 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 fruit (seed) of the fennel plant, Foeniculum vulgare. Only mechanical milling is applied, with no chemical modification.
In plain English
A fine powder made by drying and grinding fennel seeds. Used in cosmetics to add a mild anise-like scent and as a gentle bulking ingredient. Comes straight from the fennel plant with no chemical processing.
CosIng definition: Foeniculum Vulgare Fruit powder is the powder obtrained from the dried, ground fruit of the Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, Umbelliferae
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.
- 2FOENICULUM VULGARE FRUIT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3FOENICULUM VULGARE FRUIT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FOENICULUM%20VULGARE%20FRUIT%20POWDER