Database/Humectant/Cucurbita Maxima Seed Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cucurbita Maxima Seed Extract natural?

Yes. Extracted from pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) seeds; botanical extracts are natural origin by this site's convention.

INCI nameCucurbita Maxima Seed Extract
FunctionHumectant · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by extraction of pumpkin seeds. Single botanical…

How we scored it

Botanical seed extract → 1.0 by 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 extraction of pumpkin seeds. Single botanical route.

In plain English

A moisturising, skin-conditioning extract from pumpkin seeds. A whole-plant extract with no synthetic processing.

CosIng definition: Cucurbita Maxima Seed Extract is the extract of the seeds of Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbitaceae.

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