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

Is Astrocaryum Vulgare Seed Butter natural?

Yes. A pressed fat from murumuru palm seeds with no synthetic processing steps.

INCI nameAstrocaryum Vulgare Seed Butter
CAS2187449-53-0
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by pressing the seeds of the Astrocaryum…

How we scored it

Botanical seed fat, this site's convention = 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 pressing the seeds of the Astrocaryum vulgare (murumuru) palm, native to the Amazon. Used largely as extracted.

In plain English

A rich butter pressed from murumuru palm seeds in the Amazon, used to condition and soften skin and hair.

CosIng definition: Astrocaryum Vulgare Seed Butter is the fat obtained from the seeds of Astrocaryum vulgare, Palmae

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 VULGARE SEED BUTTER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ASTROCARYUM VULGARE 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%20VULGARE%20SEED%20BUTTER