How we scored it
Plant essential oil of terpenes and related compounds: 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
Dried Sichuan pepper fruit is steam-distilled and the oil separated from the water. No alternative route exists.
In plain English
Essential oil steam-distilled from the fruit of Sichuan pepper, a spice. It has a citrusy, slightly peppery scent and is used to condition skin. Its components are terpenes and other compounds made naturally by the plant.
CosIng definition: Zanthoxylum Bungeanum Fruit Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the fruit of the Sichuan-pepper, Zanthoxylum Bungeanum, Rutaceae
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.
- 2ZANTHOXYLUM BUNGEANUM FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ZANTHOXYLUM BUNGEANUM FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ZANTHOXYLUM%20BUNGEANUM%20FRUIT%20OIL