How we scored it
Dried, ground elder flowers; whole plant material = 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
Dominant route: elderflowers are dried and ground to a powder. No petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
A powder made by drying and grinding elderflower blossoms. It is added to scrubs and cleansers as an exfoliant to help rub away surface skin cells.
CosIng definition: Sambucus Nigra Flower Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground flowers of Sambucus nigra.
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.
- 2SAMBUCUS NIGRA FLOWER POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SAMBUCUS NIGRA FLOWER POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAMBUCUS%20NIGRA%20FLOWER%20POWDER