How we scored it
Botanical seed extract; this site's convention botanical extracts = 1.00
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
Extracted from the seeds of foxtail millet (Setaria italica, Poaceae), typically by water or hydro-glycolic extraction of the ground seed.
In plain English
A plant extract from foxtail millet seeds, used in skincare for conditioning and moisturising.
CosIng definition: Setaria Italica Seed Extract is the extract of the seeds of Setaria italica, 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.
- 2SETARIA ITALICA SEED EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SETARIA ITALICA SEED EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SETARIA%20ITALICA%20SEED%20EXTRACT