How we scored it
Press residue of sunflower seed: protein, fibre, hull and residual oil, all plant material (n=1). 100% natural origin, nothing added: 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
Dominant feedstock is cultivated sunflower seed, with the cake left after oil expression dried and milled. No alternative non-plant route exists; this is a by-product of food-oil production.
In plain English
Sunflower seedcake is what is left of sunflower seeds after the oil has been pressed out. Ground into particles, it is used in scrubs and cleansers as an exfoliating grit and as a bulking filler. It comes directly from sunflower seeds, a food-crop by-product.
CosIng definition: Helianthus Annuus Seedcake is the residue from the expression of oil from the seedcake of the Sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., Compositae
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.
- 2HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEEDCAKE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEEDCAKE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HELIANTHUS%20ANNUUS%20SEEDCAKE