How we scored it
Triglycerides of plant fatty acids on glycerol, pressed from tomato seed: all natural fragments, nothing synthetic added. Natural 100% / total 100% = 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
Dominant route is mechanical pressing or solvent extraction of tomato seeds recovered from processing pomace. No synthetic or alternative route exists for this oil.
In plain English
A plant oil used as a softening, skin-conditioning ingredient. It is pressed or extracted from tomato fruit, mostly the seeds left over from tomato processing, and is made up mainly of fatty acids such as linoleic and oleic acid joined to glycerol.
CosIng definition: Solanum Lycopersicum Fruit Oil is the oil extrated from the fruit of the Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L., Solanaceae
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.
- 2SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SOLANUM%20LYCOPERSICUM%20FRUIT%20OIL