How we scored it
Whole seed oil; natural botanical oil = 1.0 by this site's convention, no petrochemical fragment.
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
Cold-pressed or solvent-extracted from the seeds of Hibiscus sabdariffa (Red Sorrel/Roselle). No significant alternative route.
In plain English
A plant oil pressed from the seeds of the Red Sorrel (Hibiscus) plant, used to soften and condition skin in creams and lotions.
CosIng definition: Hibiscus Sabdariffa Seed Oil is the oil obtained from the seeds of the Red Sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa L., Malvaceae
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.
- 2HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HIBISCUS%20SABDARIFFA%20SEED%20OIL