How we scored it
Dried, ground mushroom powder; whole fungal material, no additives = 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 cultivated Ganoderma lucidum (reishi) mushrooms. No synthetic route.
In plain English
A powder made from ground, dried reishi mushroom, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It comes straight from the cultivated mushroom.
CosIng definition: Ganoderma Lucidum Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum.
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.
- 2GANODERMA LUCIDUM POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GANODERMA LUCIDUM POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GANODERMA%20LUCIDUM%20POWDER