How we scored it
Wheat starch is an unmodified plant polysaccharide; starches are defined as 1.0 by this site's convention, no fragment split needed.
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
Triticum Vulgare Starch is extracted and purified directly from wheat (Triticum vulgare) grain by wet milling. No chemical modification is implied by the name.
In plain English
Starch extracted from wheat grain, used to absorb oil, bind ingredients together, or add gentle texture as an exfoliant. It comes directly from wheat, a plant crop.
CosIng definition: Triticum Vulgare Starch is a high-polymeric carbohydrate material usually derived from 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 STARCH. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TRITICUM VULGARE STARCH. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRITICUM%20VULGARE%20STARCH