How we scored it
Dried ground fruit powder, this site's convention = 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
Made by drying and grinding whole Sapindus mukorossi fruit; no chemical processing is involved.
In plain English
A powder made from the dried, ground fruit of the soapnut tree, traditionally valued for its natural cleansing properties. Used here as a hair-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Sapindus Mukorossi Fruit Powder is the powder derived from the dried, ground fruit of Sapindus mukorossi, Sapindaceae.
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.
- 2SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI FRUIT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI FRUIT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAPINDUS%20MUKOROSSI%20FRUIT%20POWDER