How we scored it
Ground whole oat kernels: plant material only, no added atoms: 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
Oat kernels are dehulled, heat-treated and milled to a coarse meal. No alternative route exists.
In plain English
A coarse flour of ground oat kernels used as a mild scrub and to absorb oil and moisture in cleansers, masks and bath products. It is simply milled oat grain, with no chemical change.
CosIng definition: Avena Sativa Kernel Meal is a coarse meal obtained by the grinding of the kernels of the Oat, Avena sativa L., Poaceae
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 KERNEL MEAL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AVENA SATIVA KERNEL MEAL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AVENA%20SATIVA%20KERNEL%20MEAL