How we scored it
Wheat storage protein isolated by physical/aqueous separation from starch; natural plant protein = 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
Isolated from the endosperm of Triticum vulgare (wheat) by washing it away from the starch. No petrochemical equivalent exists.
In plain English
A protein separated from wheat, used to help bind formulas and condition hair and skin. It's the same gluten protein found in wheat flour, isolated by simple washing.
CosIng definition: Triticum Vulgare Gluten is a protein substance which is intermixed with the starch portion in the endosperm of the Wheat, 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 GLUTEN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TRITICUM VULGARE GLUTEN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRITICUM%20VULGARE%20GLUTEN