How we scored it
Dried, ground fungus powder; this site's convention for powders = 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
Made by drying and grinding the fungus Poria cocos. This is the only commercial production method.
In plain English
A powder made from the dried, ground Poria cocos fungus (a mushroom that grows on tree roots), used as a mild abrasive and to protect skin.
CosIng definition: Poria Cocos Powder is the powder obtained form the dried, ground Fungus, Poria cocos, Polyporaceae
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.
- 2PORIA COCOS POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PORIA COCOS POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PORIA%20COCOS%20POWDER