How we scored it
Extract of whole oat plant; entirely botanical fragment, no synthetic step. 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
Extracted from the whole oat plant (Avena sativa) using water or solvent extraction. No petrochemical alternative route exists.
In plain English
An extract from the oat plant valued for antioxidant and oil-balancing properties. It's made by extracting the whole oat plant.
CosIng definition: Avena Sativa Extract is the extract of the whole plant of Avena sativa.
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.
- 2AVENA SATIVA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AVENA SATIVA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AVENA%20SATIVA%20EXTRACT