How we scored it
Fixed vegetable oil expressed from seeds; triglyceride mixture, no petrochemical fragment → 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
Obtained by pressing the seeds of Jatropha curcas, a drought-tolerant shrub grown mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Used industrially for biodiesel as well as in cosmetics as an emollient oil.
In plain English
A plant oil pressed from Jatropha seeds, used as a skin-softening emollient in creams and lotions. It comes from a drought-resistant shrub grown widely across the tropics.
CosIng definition: Jatropha Curcas Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Jatropha curcas, Euphorbiaceae.
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.
- 2JATROPHA CURCAS SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3JATROPHA CURCAS SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=JATROPHA%20CURCAS%20SEED%20OIL