How we scored it
Dried, ground lotus seeds; whole botanical powder; this site's convention = 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
Feedstock is lotus seeds, dried and milled into a powder. No synthetic manufacturing route is used.
In plain English
A powder made from dried, ground lotus seeds, used in cosmetics for skin conditioning.
CosIng definition: Nelumbo Nucifera Seed Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground seeds of the lotus Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaeaceae
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.
- 2NELUMBO NUCIFERA SEED POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3NELUMBO NUCIFERA SEED POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=NELUMBO%20NUCIFERA%20SEED%20POWDER