How we scored it
Botanical seed oil; this site's convention scores 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
Cold-pressed or solvent-extracted from the seeds of the neem tree, Azadirachta indica. No synthetic alternative is used commercially.
In plain English
Neem seed oil, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It is pressed directly from the seeds of the neem tree grown in India and other tropical regions, with no chemical synthesis involved.
CosIng definition: Azadirachta Indica Seed Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the seeds of Azadirachta indica, Meliaceae.
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.
- 2AZADIRACHTA INDICA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3AZADIRACHTA INDICA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AZADIRACHTA%20INDICA%20SEED%20OIL