Database/Emollient/Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter natural?

Yes. A plant butter pressed directly from murumuru palm seeds with no chemical modification.

INCI nameAstrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter
CAS356065-49-1
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by pressing the seeds of the murumuru…

How we scored it

Natural seed fat pressed from murumuru palm seeds; butter scored 1.0 by this site's 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

Obtained by pressing the seeds of the murumuru palm (Astrocaryum murumuru). Used as a rich emollient in skin and hair products.

In plain English

A rich moisturising butter pressed from the seeds of the murumuru palm, an Amazonian tree. It softens skin and hair and comes directly from the plant with no chemical modification.

CosIng definition: Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter is the oily fat obtained from the seeds of Astrocaryum murumuru, Arecaceae

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