How we scored it
Fixed oil expressed from wheat germ; triglyceride fatty acids wholly plant carbon → 1.0.
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
Expressed or extracted from wheat germ, a milling by-product, mainly sourced from European and North American wheat production. No petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
Oil expressed from the germ of wheat grains, used to condition skin and hold moisture. It is a natural by-product of wheat milling.
CosIng definition: Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil is the oil obtained from the expression or extraction of the wheat germ Triticum vulgare, 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 VULGARE GERM OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TRITICUM VULGARE 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%20VULGARE%20GERM%20OIL