How we scored it
Fixed oil expressed from pumpkin seeds; whole triglyceride oil, no synthetic fragments; botanical seed oil = 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
Produced by mechanically expressing pumpkin seeds to yield a fatty-acid-rich oil. No petrochemical alternative route exists for this fixed oil.
In plain English
A nourishing oil pressed from pumpkin seeds, used to soften and condition skin. It's made by simply pressing the seeds, entirely plant-derived.
CosIng definition: Cucurbita Pepo Seed Oil is the oil expressed form the seeds of the Pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo 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.
- 2CUCURBITA PEPO SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CUCURBITA PEPO SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCURBITA%20PEPO%20SEED%20OIL