Database/Emollient/Adansonia Digitata Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Adansonia Digitata Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Extract obtained directly from baobab fruit with no petrochemical fragments introduced.

INCI nameAdansonia Digitata Fruit Extract
CAS91745-12-9
FunctionEmollient
FeedstockObtained by extraction of the fruit of Adansonia…

How we scored it

Whole botanical fruit extract; this site's convention rates botanical extracts 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 extraction of the fruit of Adansonia digitata (baobab), an African tree. Entirely plant-derived.

In plain English

An extract of baobab fruit, from the African baobab tree. Used as an emollient to soften and smooth skin.

CosIng definition: Adansonia Digitata Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruits of the Monkey Bread Tree or the Baobab, Adansonia digitata L., Bombacaceae

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. 2ADANSONIA DIGITATA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ADANSONIA DIGITATA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ADANSONIA%20DIGITATA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT