How we scored it
Dried, ground root: 100% plant tissue with no added or modified fragments. Natural 1.0 / total 1.0 = 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
Roots of costus (Saussurea lappa), grown in the Himalayan region, are dried and ground. No chemical route is involved, so there is no alternative.
In plain English
Dried, ground root of costus (Saussurea lappa), a Himalayan plant, used as a powder for skin conditioning. It is the milled root with no chemical modification.
CosIng definition: Saussurea Lappa Root Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground roots of the Costus, Saussurea lappa, Asteraceae
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.
- 2SAUSSUREA LAPPA ROOT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SAUSSUREA LAPPA ROOT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAUSSUREA%20LAPPA%20ROOT%20POWDER