How we scored it
Refined vegetable oil pressed from peanut kernels; vegetable oils are 1.0 by convention.
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
Refined from cold-pressed or solvent-extracted peanut kernel oil. No synthetic alternative is used.
In plain English
Peanut oil used as a rich emollient to soften skin and form a protective, moisture-sealing layer.
CosIng definition: Arachis Hypogaea Oil is the refined fixed oil obtained from the seed kernels of one or more of the cultivated varieties of Arachis hypogaea.
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.
- 2ARACHIS HYPOGAEA OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ARACHIS HYPOGAEA OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARACHIS%20HYPOGAEA%20OIL