How we scored it
High-polymeric carbohydrate (amylose/amylopectin) isolated from rice seed; simple wet-milling separation, no synthetic modification; botanical starch = 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
Extracted by wet-milling the peeled seeds of rice to isolate the native starch granules. No petrochemical alternative route exists for this unmodified starch.
In plain English
A fine starch isolated from rice grains, used to absorb oil and thicken formulas. It's separated from rice by simple milling and washing, with no chemical modification.
CosIng definition: Oryza Sativa Starch is a high-polymeric carbohydrate material derived from the peeled seeds of the Rice, Oryza sativa L., 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 STARCH. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ORYZA SATIVA STARCH. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ORYZA%20SATIVA%20STARCH