How we scored it
Gummy exudate from Anogeissus latifolia bark/stems; natural plant gum, no petrochemical fragment.
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
Ghatti Gum is the dried exudate from the stems and bark of Anogeissus latifolia. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A gum that oozes from the bark of a tree (Anogeissus latifolia). Used to bind ingredients together and control thickness.
CosIng definition: Ghatti Gum is the dried, gummy exudate obtained from the stems and bark of Anogeissus latifolia, Combretaceae
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.
- 2GHATTI GUM. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GHATTI GUM. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GHATTI%20GUM