How we scored it
Vegetable oil from kernels: all atoms plant-derived = 1.00 (CosIng monograph pending; identity taken from the name).
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
Kernels of the macauba palm fruit, grown in tropical South America, are pressed or extracted to give the oil. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A vegetable oil taken from the kernel inside the stone of the fruit of the macauba palm, a South American tree. No cosmetic function is reported for it yet. It is obtained by pressing or extracting the kernels.
CosIng definition: Monograph development in progress.
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.
- 2ACROCOMIA ACULEATA KERNEL OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ACROCOMIA ACULEATA KERNEL OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ACROCOMIA%20ACULEATA%20KERNEL%20OIL