Database/Antimicrobial/Oryza Sativa Seed Water
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Oryza Sativa Seed Water natural?

Yes. Water and dissolved volatiles both come from rice seeds condensed during steam distillation, so no synthetic fragment is present.

INCI nameOryza Sativa Seed Water
CAS68553-81-1
FunctionAntimicrobial · Antioxidant
FeedstockRice (Oryza sativa) seeds are steam distilled and…

How we scored it

Steam distillate of rice seed in water: plant volatiles plus water, all natural. 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

Rice (Oryza sativa) seeds are steam distilled and the condensed aqueous layer is collected. No alternative route is in commercial use.

In plain English

A watery liquid collected when rice seeds are steam-distilled. It is mostly water with traces of rice-derived aroma compounds and is used for skin and hair conditioning.

CosIng definition: Oryza Sativa Seed Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the seeds of the Rice, Oryza sativa L., Poaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2ORYZA SATIVA SEED WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ORYZA SATIVA SEED WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ORYZA%20SATIVA%20SEED%20WATER