How we scored it
Whole botanical seed extract/powder; NOI 1.0 by rule.
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
Secale cereale (rye) seeds are milled or extracted, used whole as an abrasive/bulking agent or as a liquid extract. No petrochemical route applies to a grain-derived ingredient.
In plain English
An ingredient made from rye grain, used as a gentle exfoliating abrasive, bulking agent, or skin conditioner. Made by milling or extracting rye seeds, the same grain used in rye bread and flour.
CosIng definition: Secale Cereale Seed Extract is an extract of the seeds of the Rye, Secale cereale L., Poaceae
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.
- 2SECALE CEREALE SEED EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SECALE CEREALE SEED EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SECALE%20CEREALE%20SEED%20EXTRACT