How we scored it
Whole wheat bran extract, no synthetic fragments; botanical extracts are 1.0 by convention.
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 bran of wheat (Triticum vulgare) using conventional solvent extraction. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A plant extract from wheat bran, used to condition and protect skin. Made by extracting the bran with a solvent; no synthetic processing involved.
CosIng definition: Triticum Vulgare Bran Extract is an extract of the bran of the wheat, Triticum vulgare, Gramineae
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 VULGARE BRAN EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TRITICUM VULGARE BRAN EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRITICUM%20VULGARE%20BRAN%20EXTRACT