How we scored it
Ground rye seed flour; natural plant material, 1.0 by convention.
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 grinding rye (Secale cereale) seeds into flour. No synthetic route exists for a ground grain product.
In plain English
Rye flour made by grinding rye grain, used in scrubs as a gentle abrasive and bulking agent. It is simply ground grain with no processing beyond milling.
CosIng definition: Secale Cereale Seed Flour is a flour prepared by grinding the seed of the Rye, Secale cereale L., Poaceae
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.
- 2SECALE CEREALE SEED FLOUR. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SECALE CEREALE SEED FLOUR. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SECALE%20CEREALE%20SEED%20FLOUR