Tomato Seed Oil ●
TL;DR. This ingredient functions primarily as an emollient and skin-conditioning lipid, helping soften skin and support barrier feel in creams, balms, serums, and anhydrous blends.
What does Tomato Seed Oil do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient functions primarily as an emollient and skin-conditioning lipid, helping soften skin and support barrier feel in creams, balms, serums, and anhydrous blends.
Is Tomato Seed Oil clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, it is generally well tolerated and not a common restricted-list material. The main quality watchout is oxidation, which can change odor, color, and skin feel over time.
Is Tomato Seed Oil sustainable?
This material is plant-derived and often sourced from a food-processing by-product stream, which can improve resource efficiency. It is readily biodegradable, with sustainability depending on agricultural inputs, extraction method, and refining practices.
Is Tomato Seed Oil COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS-natural and can be used in COSMOS-organic products when the agricultural source and processing meet the standard. It fits Green Chemistry well when physically pressed or extracted with approved solvents, using renewable feedstock and yielding a biodegradable lipid.
How does Tomato Seed Oil work chemically?
This ingredient is a triglyceride mixture typically rich in linoleic acid, with smaller amounts of oleic, palmitic, and stearic fatty acids, plus minor tocopherols, phytosterols, and carotenoid pigments. Because it is high in polyunsaturated lipids, formulators often use antioxidants and low-oxygen packaging, with common use levels around 1 to 10% in emulsions and higher in anhydrous blends.
Last updated 2026-08-17