Rice as a Skin Care Ingredient: Oryza Sativa Rice Extract

We all know rice as a staple food. However, it also has many skin care properties and is therefore also used as an ingredient in cosmetics. You can find rice in the list of ingredients under the INCI name " Oryza Sativa ".

Rice is a very well tolerated, non-irritating ingredient. It has an antioxidant effect and provides moisture . Rice improves skin elasticity and smoothes the skin with its strong moisturizing effect. There is strong evidence that rice also has a lightening effect on hyperpigmentation . Reist has a wide range of skin-care nutrients : potassium, magnesium, manganese, proteins, amino acids and fatty building blocks such as fatty acids, fatty acid esters and phospholipids that build up the skin barrier. Rice is high in ceramides , a skin-identical fat building block. Vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) and vitamin E (α-tocopherol) are also found in rice. The vitamins enable rice to ward off free radicals and oxidative stress caused by UV radiation, environmental pollution, etc. is inhibited.