How we scored it
Fatty acids from cottonseed oil; vegetable-oil fatty acids = 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
Derived from cottonseed oil (Gossypium species). No petrochemical alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
A blend of fatty acids from cottonseed oil, used to cleanse and soften skin in washes and creams.
CosIng definition: Fatty acids, cottonseed-oil
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.
- 2COTTONSEED ACID. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3COTTONSEED ACID. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COTTONSEED%20ACID