How we scored it
Vegetable oil expressed from wheat germ: 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
Wheat germ separated during flour milling is cold-pressed or solvent-extracted to give the oil. No alternative route exists.
In plain English
A plant oil pressed or extracted from the germ, the embryo, of wheat grains. It is used as an emollient to soften skin and hair. It consists mainly of triglycerides of linoleic and oleic acid, with natural vitamin E.
CosIng definition: Triticum Aestivum Germ Oil is the oil expressed from the germ of the Wheat, Triticum aestivum 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.
- 2TRITICUM AESTIVUM GERM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TRITICUM AESTIVUM GERM OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRITICUM%20AESTIVUM%20GERM%20OIL