How we scored it
Oil expressed from the seeds of Sambucus nigra (elder); plant material with no added synthetic fragment → 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
Oil expressed from the seeds of Sambucus nigra (elder).
In plain English
Sambucus Nigra Seed Oil is a plant-derived ingredient made directly from the named plant part, so all of it counts as natural origin.
CosIng definition: Sambucus Nigra Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of Sambucus nigra.
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.
- 2SAMBUCUS NIGRA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SAMBUCUS NIGRA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SAMBUCUS%20NIGRA%20SEED%20OIL