How we scored it
Fixed oil from camellia seeds; triglycerides wholly plant carbon → 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 from camellia (tea) seeds, mainly produced in southern China. No synthetic alternative exists for the whole seed oil.
In plain English
A light oil pressed from camellia seeds, used to condition skin. It is the plant's natural seed oil, taken by pressing.
CosIng definition: Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil is a fixed oil from the seeds of Camellia oleifera, Theaceae
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.
- 2CAMELLIA OLEIFERA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CAMELLIA OLEIFERA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CAMELLIA%20OLEIFERA%20SEED%20OIL