How we scored it
Triglyceride of meadowfoam seed fatty acids (mostly C20 and C22) plus glycerol; hydrogenation only saturates double bonds. All fragments n=1 (glycerol + fatty acids from seed oil): 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 route is cultivated meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba) seed oil, pressed from the seeds and then catalytically hydrogenated to a hard, waxy fat. No petrochemical route is known; grades differ only in degree of hydrogenation.
In plain English
Meadowfoam seed oil that has been hydrogenated: hydrogen is added to its fatty acids so the liquid oil becomes a firmer, waxy fat. It is used in skincare products as a skin-conditioning ingredient and is made from the seeds of the meadowfoam plant.
CosIng definition: Hydrogenated Meadowfoam Seed Oil is the end-product of the controlled hydrogenation of Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil
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.
- 2HYDROGENATED MEADOWFOAM SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HYDROGENATED MEADOWFOAM SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HYDROGENATED%20MEADOWFOAM%20SEED%20OIL