How we scored it
Oil expressed from vanilla fruit/pods; vegetable oil; this site's convention = 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
Feedstock is vanilla pods (fruit), pressed to yield the oil. No synthetic alternative route is used for this expressed oil.
In plain English
An oil expressed from vanilla pods, used to soften and condition skin in cosmetic products.
CosIng definition: Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Oil is the oil expressed from the fruit of the Vanilla, Vanilla planifolia, Orchidaceae
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.
- 2VANILLA PLANIFOLIA FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VANILLA PLANIFOLIA FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VANILLA%20PLANIFOLIA%20FRUIT%20OIL