How we scored it
Vegetable oil: triglycerides of plant fatty acids on a glycerol backbone, all plant-derived (n = 1). 1.0 / 1.0 = 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
Dominant route is mechanical pressing of tucuma palm (Astrocaryum vulgare) fruit from the Amazon region, with optional filtering or refining. No commercially significant synthetic or petrochemical route exists for this oil.
In plain English
An oil pressed from the fruit of the tucuma palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), native to the Amazon region. In skin products it is used as a conditioning oil. Like other vegetable oils it is mainly triglycerides, fats made by the plant from fatty acids and glycerin.
CosIng definition: Astrocaryum Vulgare Fruit Oil is the oil expressed from the fruit of Astrocaryum vulgare, Palmae
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.
- 2ASTROCARYUM VULGARE FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ASTROCARYUM VULGARE FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ASTROCARYUM%20VULGARE%20FRUIT%20OIL