How we scored it
Dried, ground fruit: all plant-made material (saponins, flavonoids, fibre), so natural mass equals total mass. 1.00.
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
Fruits of puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris), a low-growing plant of warm regions, are dried and ground to a powder. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
Dried, ground fruit of Tribulus terrestris, known as puncture vine or small caltrop, a low-growing plant of warm regions. It is listed as an abrasive, fragrance and skin-protecting ingredient, and as whole plant material it contains saponins and fibre rather than one pure chemical.
CosIng definition: Tribulus Terrestris Fruit Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground fruit of the Small Caltrop, Tribulus terrestris L., Zygophyllaceae
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.
- 2TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS FRUIT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS FRUIT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRIBULUS%20TERRESTRIS%20FRUIT%20POWDER