How we scored it
Elemental Fe; mineral metal counts as natural origin under this site's method.
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
Produced by reducing and refining iron ore into metallic powder. No organic or petrochemical route is involved.
In plain English
Finely powdered metallic iron used to add opacity to color cosmetics and as a mild reducing agent in formulas. Refined from mined iron ore.
CosIng definition: Iron Powder is the element consisting of powdered metallic iron
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.
- 2IRON POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3IRON POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=IRON%20POWDER