How we scored it
Milled seed of Hippophae rhamnoides: plant material only, ground without chemical modification; 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
Sea buckthorn seeds, a by-product of berry and oil processing, are dried and milled to a powder. No alternative route exists.
In plain English
Ground sea buckthorn seeds used as an exfoliating grit and skin-conditioning ingredient. It is simply the milled plant seed.
CosIng definition: Hippophae Rhamnoides Seed Powder is the powder obtained from the seeds of the Sea Buckthorn, Hippophae rhmanoides L., Elagnaceae
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.
- 2HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES SEED POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES SEED POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HIPPOPHAE%20RHAMNOIDES%20SEED%20POWDER