How we scored it
Ground rice hull powder (cellulose, lignin, silica); powdered plant material, entirely plant-derived = 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
Milling and sieving of rice hulls, an agricultural by-product of rice processing. No alternative route applies.
In plain English
A fine powder ground from rice hulls, used as a physical exfoliant in scrubs and cleansers.
CosIng definition: Oryza Sativa Hull Powder is the powder derived from the hulls of the Rice, Oryza sativa L., Poaceae
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.
- 2ORYZA SATIVA HULL POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ORYZA SATIVA HULL POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ORYZA%20SATIVA%20HULL%20POWDER