How we scored it
Dried, ground wood: whole plant material, all mass plant-derived, so 1.0. No synthetic fragments.
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
Heartwood of Pterocarpus santalinus, native to the Eastern Ghats of India, is dried and ground. No synthetic route exists for this plant material.
In plain English
Reddish powder made from the dried, ground heartwood of red sandalwood, a tree native to southern India. It is used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It is simply milled wood, with nothing synthesised.
CosIng definition: Pterocarpus Santalinus Wood Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground wood of the Red Sandalwood, Pterocarpus santalinus 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.
- 2PTEROCARPUS SANTALINUS WOOD POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PTEROCARPUS SANTALINUS WOOD POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PTEROCARPUS%20SANTALINUS%20WOOD%20POWDER