How we scored it
Vegetable seed oil (triglycerides of linoleic acid); oils scored 1.0 by this site's convention.
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
Obtained by pressing/extracting seeds of Carthamus tinctorius (safflower). Sold as a conventional cosmetic emollient oil with no synthetic route.
In plain English
A light vegetable oil pressed from safflower seeds, used to soften and condition skin and sometimes carry fragrance. Rich in linoleic-acid triglycerides from the safflower plant.
CosIng definition: Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil is the oily liquid obtained from the seeds of Safflower, Carthamus tinctorius L., Compositae. It consists principally of the triglycerides of linoleic acid
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.
- 2CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CARTHAMUS%20TINCTORIUS%20SEED%20OIL