How we scored it
Vegetable oil: triglycerides of plant fatty acids (mainly oleic, linoleic, linolenic) on a glycerol backbone, all plant-derived (n = 1). Refining leaves no mass. 1.0 / 1.0 = 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 route is crushing and press or solvent extraction of low-erucic rapeseed (Brassica napus) grown in Canada, Europe, China and Australia, followed by refining. No commercially significant synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A vegetable oil from the seeds of low-erucic-acid varieties of rapeseed (Brassica napus), bred in Canada and now grown worldwide. In skin products it is used as an emollient, a softening oil. It is mainly triglycerides, fats made of fatty acids bound to glycerin.
CosIng definition: Canola Oil is an oil derived from Brassica napus L., Brassicaceae, low in erucic acid
References
- 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.
- 2CANOLA OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CANOLA OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CANOLA%20OIL