How we scored it
Fixed oil expressed from passionfruit 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 passionfruit seeds, a by-product of juice production, mainly sourced from South America. No petrochemical alternative exists.
In plain English
An oil pressed from passionfruit seeds, a juice-making by-product, used to condition and soften skin. It comes directly from the seed.
CosIng definition: Passiflora Edulis Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of the Passionflower, Passiflora edulis, Passifloraceae
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.
- 2PASSIFLORA EDULIS SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PASSIFLORA EDULIS SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PASSIFLORA%20EDULIS%20SEED%20OIL