How we scored it
C18H32O2 polyunsaturated fatty acid; pressed/extracted from vegetable oils; 1.0.
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
Linoleic Acid is obtained by pressing and refining vegetable oils rich in this fatty acid, such as sunflower, safflower or soybean oil. No petrochemical route is used.
In plain English
An essential fatty acid that conditions skin and hair and helps support the skin barrier. It's extracted from vegetable oils like sunflower, safflower and soybean, which are naturally rich in it.
Structure
(9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12-dienoic 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.
- 2Linoleic Acid. PubChem CID 5280450. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3LINOLEIC ACID. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4LINOLEIC ACID. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LINOLEIC%20ACID