How we scored it
Cold-pressed seed oil, natural triglycerides → 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
Pressed from the seeds of Guizotia abyssinica (niger/nyger), an oilseed crop grown in Ethiopia and India. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A vegetable oil pressed from niger seeds, used to soften and condition the skin.
CosIng definition: Guizotia Abyssinica Seed Oil is an oil obtained from the seeds of the Niger, Guizotia abyssinica, Asteraceae
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.
- 2GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GUIZOTIA%20ABYSSINICA%20SEED%20OIL