How we scored it
Dried, ground plant seeds with no added atoms: 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
Vanilla pods yield seeds that are dried and milled to a powder. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A powder made by drying and grinding the seeds of the vanilla orchid, used as a gentle abrasive (exfoliant) in scrubs. It is plant material that is only dried and milled.
CosIng definition: Vanilla Planifolia Seed Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground seeds of the Vanilla, Vanilla planifolia, Orchidaceae
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.
- 2VANILLA PLANIFOLIA SEED POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VANILLA PLANIFOLIA SEED POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VANILLA%20PLANIFOLIA%20SEED%20POWDER