How we scored it
Expressed seed oil, triglyceride mixture, no synthetic fragment → 1.00.
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 from the seeds of the baobab tree's fruit pods, mostly sourced in Africa. No synthetic alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
An oil pressed from baobab tree seeds, used to nourish and condition skin and hair. It is harvested from the fruit pods of the baobab tree and simply pressed, with no chemical synthesis involved.
CosIng definition: Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil is the oil expressd from the seeds of the Monkey Bread Tree or the Baobab, Adansonia digitata L., Bombacaceae
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.
- 2ADANSONIA DIGITATA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ADANSONIA DIGITATA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ADANSONIA%20DIGITATA%20SEED%20OIL