I’ve now been told that this item actually returns “up to 1000 boon points” to the pool/slider.
It’s not clear but based on the explanation of boon removal solvent 1, this ingredient may also return “up to 1000 boon points” to the pool/slider at a different ratio.
With both of these ingredients there are common situations where the ingredient is unable to perform as described. I’m not sure how many other ingredients have this issue at this time.