VITIS VINIFERA ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is used as a botanical skin-conditioning agent, often adding antioxidant support and light emollience depending on whether the input is an oil or extract.
What does VITIS VINIFERA do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is used as a botanical skin-conditioning agent, often adding antioxidant support and light emollience depending on whether the input is an oil or extract.
Is VITIS VINIFERA clean?
It is generally well accepted in clean-beauty frameworks when supplied as a simple plant-derived oil or extract. Main quality checks are residual solvents, pesticide residues, oxidation state, and allergen carryover from aromatic fractions.
Is VITIS VINIFERA sustainable?
This material comes from renewable agricultural feedstock and is often available from fruit-processing byproducts. Oil and extract forms are generally biodegradable, with sustainability tied to farming practices, solvent choice, and traceable sourcing.
Is VITIS VINIFERA COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic when produced from approved agricultural raw material using allowed extraction and processing methods. It aligns well with Green Chemistry when obtained by mechanical pressing or low-impact solvents such as ethanol, glycerin, or water.
How does VITIS VINIFERA work chemically?
The chemistry depends on the supplied form: oil forms are mainly triglycerides rich in unsaturated fatty acids, while extract forms can contain polyphenols, sugars, organic acids, and tannin-like compounds. Oil forms are typically used around 1 to 10 percent and need antioxidant support to slow rancidity, while aqueous or glycolic extracts are usually added at low percentages and formulated within the supplier’s recommended pH range.
Last updated 2026-05-13