How we scored it
Fixed oil pressed from bay laurel fruit; vegetable oil convention = 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
Pressed from the ripe berries of the bay laurel tree (Laurus nobilis), grown around the Mediterranean. Used as a skin-conditioning emollient with no chemical modification.
In plain English
A fixed oil pressed from bay laurel berries, the same plant that gives us bay leaves. Used in skincare and hair care as a conditioning emollient.
CosIng definition: Laurus Nobilis Fruit Oil is the fixed oil obtained from the fruit of Laurus nobilis., Lauraceae
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.
- 2LAURUS NOBILIS FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LAURUS NOBILIS FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LAURUS%20NOBILIS%20FRUIT%20OIL