How we scored it
Dried, ground fruit powder, wholly botanical.
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
Made by drying and grinding the fruit of the avocado, Persea gratissima. No synthetic version exists.
In plain English
A powder made from dried, ground avocado fruit, used as a gentle exfoliant in scrubs. It comes directly from the fruit.
CosIng definition: Persea Gratissima Fruit Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground fruit of the Avocado, Persea gratissima, Lauraceae
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.
- 2PERSEA GRATISSIMA FRUIT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PERSEA GRATISSIMA FRUIT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PERSEA%20GRATISSIMA%20FRUIT%20POWDER