How we scored it
Powder milled from corn cobs; natural botanical powder, no petrochemical fragment.
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
Zea Mays Cob Powder is prepared by milling corn (Zea mays) cobs. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A powder made from ground corn cobs. Used as a mild abrasive and binding ingredient.
CosIng definition: Zea Mays Cob Powder is the powder prepared from the cobs of the Corn, Zea mays L., Gramineae
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.
- 2ZEA MAYS COB POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ZEA MAYS COB POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ZEA%20MAYS%20COB%20POWDER