Database/Fragrance/Zingiber Officinale Root Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Zingiber Officinale Root Oil natural?

Yes. Steam-distilled ginger rhizome oil; all constituents originate in the ginger plant.

INCI nameZingiber Officinale Root Oil
CAS8007-08-7
FunctionFragrance · Skin Conditioning
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How we scored it

Volatile oil distilled from ginger rhizomes; whole plant essential oil. 1.0 per this site's convention.
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

Zingiber Officinale Root Oil is steam-distilled from dried ginger rhizomes. It is a concentrated but chemically unmodified plant oil.

In plain English

Ginger essential oil, distilled from the dried rhizome, used to add scent and a warming, conditioning feel to products. It is a natural plant oil with nothing synthetic added.

CosIng definition: Zingiber Officinale Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the dried rhizomes of the Ginger, Zingiber officinale L., Zingiberaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROOT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROOT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ZINGIBER%20OFFICINALE%20ROOT%20OIL