Database/Emollient/Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Oil natural?

Yes. Fixed oil pressed from quinoa seeds; triglyceride structure throughout, no petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameChenopodium Quinoa Seed Oil
CAS225234-01-5
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by mechanically expressing quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) seeds.…

How we scored it

Expressed vegetable oil (fatty-acid glycerides); entirely plant-derived → 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

Obtained by mechanically expressing quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) seeds. No synthetic alternative exists for a pressed vegetable oil.

In plain English

An emollient oil pressed from quinoa seeds, used to soften and condition skin and hair.

CosIng definition: Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Oil is the oil expressed from seeds of Chenopodium quinoa, Chenopodiaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CHENOPODIUM QUINOA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CHENOPODIUM QUINOA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CHENOPODIUM%20QUINOA%20SEED%20OIL