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100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Zingiber Officinale Root natural?

Yes. Ground or extracted rhizome of the ginger plant Zingiber officinale is a whole-plant natural material.

INCI nameZingiber Officinale Root
CAS84696-15-1
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant source is dried or fresh ginger rhizome…

How we scored it

Ginger rhizome (whole root, powder or extract) is plant material with no added fragments: 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

Dominant source is dried or fresh ginger rhizome from cultivated crops, supplied as powder or extract. There is no alternative route.

In plain English

Ginger root, used as a powder or extract to condition skin and add a warm plant character to products. It comes from the underground stem of the ginger plant.

CosIng definition: Zingiber Officinale Root is the root of Ginger, Zingiber officinalis 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. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROOT. 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