How we scored it
Fixed vegetable oil (glycerides of lauric/myristic/oleic acids) pressed from babassu nuts; vegetable oils are 1.0 by convention.
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
Cold-pressed or extracted from the kernels of the babassu palm (Orbignya oleifera). No synthetic alternative is used.
In plain English
A rich, coconut-like vegetable oil from babassu palm nuts, used to soften and moisturise skin and hair.
CosIng definition: Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil is the fixed oil obtained from the nuts of the babassu, Orbignya oleifera, Palmaceae. It consists primarily of the glycerides of the fatty acids lauric, myristic and oleic
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.
- 2ORBIGNYA OLEIFERA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ORBIGNYA OLEIFERA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ORBIGNYA%20OLEIFERA%20SEED%20OIL