I think I may have found an edible, food/culinary grade sandalwood powder (chandan powder) from the Santalum album that's native to India. The item is linked at https://lhasakarnak.com/products/sandalwood-white-yellow-powder?variant=34160833549. The herb store is located in Berkeley, CA at:
• 1942 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
• 2506 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702 [Pickup location for online purchases as instructed on their website].
For 1 oz (~28 g) sandalwood powder will cost 10 USD plus another 10 USD for shipping and handling. Because I am about 40 minutes away, I am going to check out the herb store and if I make the purchase, I'll report/update my findings accordingly. Mainly, from reading about sandalwood (chandan) powder, it should have a smell, if it doesn't, it's some tampered with "sawdust/wood powder."