How we scored it
Expressed vegetable seed oil; no petrochemical reagent mass retained = 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
Made by cold-pressing or expressing the seeds of Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry), mainly grown in Northern Europe and Scandinavia. No synthetic alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
An antioxidant and skin-conditioning oil pressed from lingonberry seeds. It comes from the seeds of Vaccinium vitis-idaea, a shrub grown mainly in Northern Europe.
CosIng definition: Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of the Cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea L., Ericaceae
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.
- 2VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VACCINIUM%20VITIS-IDAEA%20SEED%20OIL