How we scored it
Fatty acid blend from babassu seed oil; vegetable-oil fatty acids = 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
Derived from the seed oil of the babassu palm (Orbignya oleifera). No petrochemical alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
A blend of fatty acids from babassu palm seed oil, used to cleanse and help stabilise the texture of creams and washes.
CosIng definition: Babassu Acid is a mixture of fatty acids derived from Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil
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.
- 2BABASSU ACID. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BABASSU ACID. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BABASSU%20ACID