How we scored it
Dried plant material, all constituents natural (n = 1), so natural fraction = 1.0. Drying and milling add no mass.
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
Fruit spikes of long pepper (Piper longum), cultivated mainly in India, are harvested, dried and sometimes ground. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
Dried fruit of long pepper (Piper longum), a spice related to black pepper and grown in India and Southeast Asia, normally ground to a powder. It is used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It is dried plant material with no chemical processing.
CosIng definition: Piper Longum Fruit is the plant material obtained from the dried fruit of the Long Pepper, Piper longum L., Piperaceae
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.
- 2PIPER LONGUM FRUIT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PIPER LONGUM FRUIT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PIPER%20LONGUM%20FRUIT