How we scored it
Vegetable oil expressed from guava seed; entire mass is plant-derived triglyceride = 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 or mechanically expressed from guava seeds (Psidium guajava, Myrtaceae). No synthetic alternative route exists for this specialty seed oil.
In plain English
An oil pressed from guava seeds, used as a skin-conditioning emollient in cosmetic formulas. It is obtained directly from the seed with no chemical modification.
CosIng definition: Psidium Guajava Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of the Guava, Psidium guajava L., Myrtaceae
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.
- 2PSIDIUM GUAJAVA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PSIDIUM GUAJAVA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PSIDIUM%20GUAJAVA%20SEED%20OIL