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
Babchi seeds (Psoralea corylifolia), grown mainly in India, are cleaned, dried and milled to a powder. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A powder made by drying and grinding the seeds of babchi (Psoralea corylifolia), a plant of India used in traditional herbal practice. It is used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It is ground plant material with no chemical processing.
CosIng definition: Psoralea Corylifolia Seed Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground seeds of Psoralea corylifolia L., Leguminosae
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.
- 2PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA SEED POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA SEED POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PSORALEA%20CORYLIFOLIA%20SEED%20POWDER