How we scored it
Vegetable oil from rice bran and germ; plant oil, entirely plant-derived = 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
Pressing or hexane extraction of rice bran and germ, a milling by-product, followed by refining. No alternative route applies.
In plain English
A vegetable oil taken from rice bran and germ, used to soften skin and hair and to slow oxidation in formulas. It contains fatty acids, vitamin E compounds and oryzanol.
CosIng definition: Oryza Sativa Bran/Germ Oil is the oil derived from the bran and germ of Oryza sativa, Poaceae.
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.
- 2ORYZA SATIVA BRAN/GERM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ORYZA SATIVA BRAN/GERM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ORYZA%20SATIVA%20BRAN/GERM%20OIL