FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER
Frangula Alnus Powder is the powder obtained from dried, ground Frangula alnus.
FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER is listed in the EU CosIng inventory, but no direct annex records are linked on this page yet.
Regulatory evidence by market
No rule for this ingredient has been imported for any of the 13 markets tracked here.
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What the official INCI name states
The official label identifies a biological source material and its stated preparation or plant part.
- Identity type from wording
- biological_material
- Preparation or form
- POWDER
This structure is derived only from the official label wording. It does not establish composition, concentration, chemical equivalence, safety or regulatory permission.
Verified source-organism taxonomy
Exact scientific names from the INCI wording matched the immutable Catalogue of Life release shown here.
Frangula alnus
acceptedMill.
- Rank
- species
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Frangula
Catalogue of Life 2026-07-17 XR · DOI 10.48580/dgykv · CC BY 4.0.
Official European Commission record
- CosIng substance ID
- 100004
- Entry status
- Active
- Published in the Official Journal
- Yes
- Recorded by the Commission
- 2023-05-23
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Inventory details for FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER
INCI name
FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER
Description
Frangula Alnus Powder is the powder obtained from dried, ground Frangula alnus.
Record provenance
- Inventory reference
- cosing-live-100004
- Imported identity
- FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER
- Source update
- 2023-05-23
Annex records for FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER
Key data
No CAS number, and none is expected: this is a botanical or biological preparation rather than a single compound, and CAS numbers identify single substances. Identity rests on the source organism and the supplier specification.
- EXFOLIATING
- Initiating and/or accelerating removal of the layers of dead skin cells from the skin surface.
Official EU ingredient-name evidence
The ingredient name exactly matches the official 2025 EU glossary of common ingredient names.
Other ingredients from the same source
Frangula alnus
European alder buckthornalder buckthornglossy buckthorn
2 other ingredients in this inventory name the same organism. Sharing a source is not sharing an identity: a leaf extract, a seed oil and a ferment are different materials with different specifications.
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How FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER appears in the CosIng inventory
The CosIng inventory lists FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER as a cosmetic ingredient and this page links it to 0 annex records. The inventory entry captures names and identifiers, while the annex records show where the substance is prohibited, restricted or positively listed in EU cosmetics law.
FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER is also tagged with 1 cosmetic function in the official data. Function labels describe intended use, but they do not replace regulatory review of linked annex records before formulation or labelling work.
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This page reproduces the CosIng inventory entry for FRANGULA ALNUS POWDER from public European Commission cosmetic ingredient materials and shows linked identifiers even when no direct annex match is currently attached.
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