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100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Rubia Cordifolia Root Powder natural?

Yes. Simple drying and grinding of Indian Madder root retains all plant-origin mass.

INCI nameRubia Cordifolia Root Powder
CAS91845-24-8
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by drying and grinding the roots of…

How we scored it

Dried, ground root powder; no chemical modification. 1.0 by this site's convention for botanical powders.
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 roots of the Indian Madder plant. No synthetic processing is involved.

In plain English

A powder made from the dried, ground roots of Indian Madder, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. Produced simply by drying and grinding the root.

CosIng definition: Rubia Cordifolia Root Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground roots of Indian Madder, Rubia cordifolia L., Rubiaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2RUBIA CORDIFOLIA ROOT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3RUBIA CORDIFOLIA ROOT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=RUBIA%20CORDIFOLIA%20ROOT%20POWDER