How we scored it
Dried ground root powder, unmodified botanical material = 1.0 by this site's convention.
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 drying and grinding Panax ginseng roots. No chemical synthesis feedstock is used.
In plain English
Powdered ginseng root, made by drying and grinding the root of the Panax ginseng plant. Used in skincare for its traditional skin-conditioning properties.
CosIng definition: Panax Ginseng Root Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground roots of the Ginseng, Panax ginseng, Araliaceae
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.
- 2PANAX GINSENG ROOT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PANAX GINSENG ROOT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PANAX%20GINSENG%20ROOT%20POWDER