How we scored it
Fixed oil from soybeans; oleic, linoleic and saturated triglycerides wholly plant carbon → 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
Extracted or expressed from soybeans, chiefly grown in the US, Brazil and Argentina. No synthetic alternative exists for the whole bean oil.
In plain English
Oil extracted from soybeans, used to condition skin and add fragrance. It is the natural oil of the soybean, unmodified by synthesis.
CosIng definition: Glycine Soja Oil is the oil obtained from the soybean, Glycine soja, Leguminosae, by extraction or expression. It consists esentially of triglycerides of oleic, linoleic and saturated acids
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.
- 2GLYCINE SOJA OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GLYCINE SOJA OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GLYCINE%20SOJA%20OIL