How we scored it
Expressed seed oil, botanical 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
Lycium Barbarum Seed Oil is produced by pressing the seeds of the goji berry plant. There is no synthetic alternative; it is always plant-derived.
In plain English
A vegetable oil pressed from goji berry seeds, used to condition skin. It is a plant oil produced by simple pressing, not chemical synthesis.
CosIng definition: Lycium Barbarum Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of the Boxthorn, Lycium barbarum L., Solanaceae
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.
- 2LYCIUM BARBARUM SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LYCIUM BARBARUM SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LYCIUM%20BARBARUM%20SEED%20OIL