How we scored it
Fixed oil from evening primrose seeds; triglycerides wholly plant carbon → 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
Cold-pressed from evening primrose seeds, grown mainly in North America, Europe and China. No petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
An oil pressed from evening primrose seeds, used to soften and condition skin. It is the plant's natural seed oil, unmodified by synthesis.
CosIng definition: Oenothera Biennis Oil is the fixed oil derived from the seeds of the Evening Primrose, Oenothera biennis, Onagraceae
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.
- 2OENOTHERA BIENNIS OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3OENOTHERA BIENNIS OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OENOTHERA%20BIENNIS%20OIL