How we scored it
Expressed vegetable oil (fatty-acid glycerides); 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
Obtained by mechanically expressing rice (Oryza sativa) germ. No synthetic alternative exists for a pressed vegetable oil.
In plain English
An emollient oil pressed from rice germ, rich in fatty acids, used to soften and condition skin and hair.
CosIng definition: Oryza Sativa Germ Oil is the fixed oil obtained by the expression of the germs of the Rice, Oryza sativa L., Poaceae. It consists primarily of the glycerides of the fatty acids
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 GERM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ORYZA SATIVA 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%20GERM%20OIL