Database/Emollient/Actinidia Chinensis Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Actinidia Chinensis Seed Oil natural?

Yes. Fixed oil pressed directly from kiwi, Actinidia chinensis, seeds; all fatty-acid triglyceride mass traces to the plant material.

INCI nameActinidia Chinensis Seed Oil
CAS299184-71-7
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by cold-pressing or expressing oil from kiwifruit…

How we scored it

Fixed vegetable oil expressed from kiwi seeds; category rule assigns oils 1.0.
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

Obtained by cold-pressing or expressing oil from kiwifruit seeds. Used as-is without further chemical modification.

In plain English

A plant oil pressed from kiwi seeds, used to soften and condition skin. It's a natural vegetable oil similar to other seed oils used in skincare.

CosIng definition: Actinidia Chinensis Seed Oil is a fixed oil expressed from the seeds of the kiwi plant, Actinidia chinensis, Actinidiaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ACTINIDIA%20CHINENSIS%20SEED%20OIL