How we scored it
Fixed oil expressed from pomegranate seeds; whole triglyceride oil, no synthetic fragments; botanical seed oil = 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
Produced by mechanically expressing (cold-pressing) the seeds of pomegranate fruit to yield a punicic-acid-rich oil. No petrochemical alternative route exists for this fixed oil.
In plain English
A nourishing oil pressed from pomegranate seeds, used to soften and smooth skin. It's made by simply pressing the seeds, so it comes entirely from the fruit.
CosIng definition: Punica Granatum Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of the Pomegranate, Punica granatum L., Punicaceae
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.
- 2PUNICA GRANATUM SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PUNICA GRANATUM SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PUNICA%20GRANATUM%20SEED%20OIL