How we scored it
Vegetable oil: triglycerides of plant fatty acids on a glycerol backbone, all plant-derived (n = 1). 1.0 / 1.0 = 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
Dominant route is mechanical pressing of white mustard seed (Sinapis alba, formerly Brassica alba) grown in temperate regions, optionally followed by filtering or refining. No commercially significant synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of white mustard (Sinapis alba, formerly called Brassica alba). In skin products it is used as a protecting oil. Like other seed oils it is mainly triglycerides, fats made of fatty acids bound to glycerin.
CosIng definition: Brassica Alba Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Brassica Alba. The accepted scientific name for Brassica alba is Sinapis alba.
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.
- 2BRASSICA ALBA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BRASSICA ALBA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BRASSICA%20ALBA%20SEED%20OIL