Database/Emollient/Attalea Speciosa Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Attalea Speciosa Seed Oil natural?

Yes. The oil is expressed from babassu seeds, so its glycerol and lauric, myristic and other fatty acids are all plant-synthesised with nothing else added.

INCI nameAttalea Speciosa Seed Oil
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockExpressed from the seed kernels of the babassu…

How we scored it

Fixed oil pressed from babassu seed: triglycerides of lauric and myristic acids (plus oleic, palmitic) on glycerol, all plant-made; nothing added, natural mass equals total mass, 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

Expressed from the seed kernels of the babassu palm (Attalea speciosa), mostly wild-harvested in Brazil. No synthetic route exists for this oil.

In plain English

Babassu oil, a fat pressed from the seed kernels of the babassu palm of Brazil. It is mostly triglycerides of lauric and myristic acid and is used as an emollient to soften and smooth skin.

CosIng definition: Attalea Speciosa Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Attalea speciosa, 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. 2ATTALEA SPECIOSA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ATTALEA SPECIOSA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ATTALEA%20SPECIOSA%20SEED%20OIL