How we scored it
Extract of wheat seeds (grain); whole botanical fragment, no synthetic step. 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
Extracted from wheat (Triticum vulgare) seeds/grain using water or solvent extraction. No petrochemical alternative route exists.
In plain English
An extract from wheat grains used to condition and protect skin, and to help balance formula pH. It's made by extracting whole wheat seeds.
CosIng definition: Triticum Vulgare Extract is an extract of the seeds 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 SEED EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TRITICUM VULGARE SEED 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%20SEED%20EXTRACT