Database/Skin Conditioning/Hordeum Vulgare Seed Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Hordeum Vulgare Seed Extract natural?

Yes. Whole extract of barley seed material — entirely plant-derived, no synthetic fragments.

INCI nameHordeum Vulgare Seed Extract
CAS85251-64-5
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted from the seeds (grain) of barley, Hordeum…

How we scored it

Botanical seed extract; extracts are scored 1.0 by this site's convention.
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 from the seeds (grain) of barley, Hordeum vulgare, using water or a food-grade solvent. No alternative synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning extract made from barley seeds, produced by extracting the grain with water or a solvent.

CosIng definition: Hordeum Vulgare Seed Extract is an extract of the seeds of the Barley, Hordeum vulgare L., Graminae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2HORDEUM VULGARE SEED EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3HORDEUM VULGARE SEED EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HORDEUM%20VULGARE%20SEED%20EXTRACT