How we scored it
Triglycerides, free fatty acids and minor lipids all pressed from plant seed (n = 1); no petrochemical fragment. All mass natural origin: 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 cucumber seeds recovered from cucumber processing. No commercially significant synthetic or petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
A light plant oil pressed from cucumber fruit seeds. It is used as an emollient to soften skin and leave it feeling smooth. The oil is made of natural fatty-acid triglycerides and minor plant lipids obtained by mechanical pressing, with no chemical building of molecules.
CosIng definition: Cucumis Sativus Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the fruits of the Cucumber, Cucumis sativus L., Cucurbitaceae
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.
- 2CUCUMIS SATIVUS OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CUCUMIS SATIVUS OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCUMIS%20SATIVUS%20OIL