How we scored it
Ground wood powder = natural per description. Attached formula (C14H10O4, a biphenyldicarboxylic acid) is unrelated to sandalwood; disregarded as a data mismatch.
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
Produced by drying and grinding sandalwood (Santalum album). No chemical synthesis involved.
In plain English
A fine powder made by grinding dried sandalwood. It's used as a skin conditioner and comes directly from the wood with no processing chemicals remaining.
CosIng definition: Santalum Album Wood Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground wood of the Sandalwood, Santalum album L., Santalaceae
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.
- 2SANTALUM ALBUM WOOD POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SANTALUM ALBUM WOOD POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SANTALUM%20ALBUM%20WOOD%20POWDER