A clear and bright oil with virtually no flavour or odour, obtained by the refining of crude grapeseed oil. Grape seeds are an abundant by-product of wine making.
| INCI Nomenclature | Vitis vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil. |
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| Uses | Extensively used in cosmetics as a skin moisturiser. It reputedly possesses tissue regenerative and restructuring properties. It contains extraordinarily high levels of linoleic fatty acid. |
| Extraction | Refined from oil pressed from the seeds of grape Vitis vinifera. |
| Source | Most grape seed oil is produced in Italy. |
| Key Properties | Contains high levels of linoleic acid. Shelf life approx 1 year. |
| Typical Fatty Acid Profile | 16:0 Palmitic 7.0% |