How we scored it
Plant seed material with no added atoms: 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
Pomegranate seeds are separated from the fruit and dried or milled. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
Seeds from the pomegranate fruit, typically dried and ground, used as a mild exfoliating and bulking ingredient that also conditions skin. It is plant material with no chemical modification.
CosIng definition: Punica Granatum Seed is the seed from the Pomegranate, Punica granatum L., Punicaceae
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.
- 2PUNICA GRANATUM SEED. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PUNICA GRANATUM SEED. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PUNICA%20GRANATUM%20SEED