How we scored it
Cured vanilla bean plant material; whole plant material = 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
Dominant route: unripe pods are harvested, cured and dried. No petrochemical route exists for the bean itself.
In plain English
The cured vanilla bean of Vanilla tahitensis, used to add a vanilla scent. It is whole bean material rather than isolated vanillin.
CosIng definition: Vanilla Tahitensis Fruit is a plant material derived from the cured, full-grown, unripe fruit (bean) of the Vanilla, Vanilla tahitensis, 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 TAHITENSIS FRUIT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VANILLA TAHITENSIS FRUIT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VANILLA%20TAHITENSIS%20FRUIT