Database/Skin Conditioning/Triticum Vulgare Germ Powder
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Triticum Vulgare Germ Powder natural?

Yes. Powder milled directly from wheat germ; no chemical modification.

INCI nameTriticum Vulgare Germ Powder
CAS84012-44-2
FunctionSkin Conditioning · Skin Protecting
FeedstockProduced by grinding the germ of Triticum vulgare…

How we scored it

Ground wheat germ; convention rates powders at 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

Produced by grinding the germ of Triticum vulgare (wheat). No synthetic equivalent exists.

In plain English

A powder made by grinding wheat germ, used to condition and protect skin. It's simply the milled germ portion of the wheat kernel.

CosIng definition: Triticum Vulgare Powder is the powder derived from the germ of the Wheat, Triticum vulgare, Poaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2TRITICUM VULGARE GERM POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3TRITICUM VULGARE GERM POWDER. 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%20POWDER