How we scored it
Protein isolated from pea seeds; whole natural fragment, no synthetic step. 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 from field peas by milling and protein isolation. No petrochemical alternative route.
In plain English
A protein extracted from peas, used to condition skin and hair. It's made by isolating protein directly from pea seeds.
CosIng definition: Pisum Sativum (Pea) Protein is the protein isolated from Pisum sativum, Fabaceae.
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.
- 2PISUM SATIVUM PROTEIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PISUM SATIVUM PROTEIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PISUM%20SATIVUM%20PROTEIN