How we scored it
Fixed vegetable oil pressed from a seed kernel. No synthetic fragment. 100% natural.
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 or expressed from the pits (kernels) of bitter cherry, Prunus cerasus. The oil is an unmodified natural plant triglyceride.
In plain English
A fixed oil pressed from bitter cherry pits, made mostly of natural fats. Used as an emollient in creams and lotions to soften and condition skin, and sometimes as a fragrance component.
CosIng definition: Prunus Cerasus Seed Oil is the fixed oil obtained from the pit of the Bitter Cherry, Prunus cerasus L., Rosaceae
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.
- 2PRUNUS CERASUS SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PRUNUS CERASUS SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PRUNUS%20CERASUS%20SEED%20OIL