How we scored it
Seed butter (fixed fat); botanical butters are 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 mechanical pressing or solvent extraction of Indian butter tree seeds. No synthetic equivalent is used.
In plain English
A rich plant butter pressed from the seeds of the Indian butter tree, used to soften and condition skin. It is a natural fat with no chemical modification.
CosIng definition: Bassia Butyracea Seed Butter is the fat obtained from the seeds of Bassia butyracea, Chenopodiaceae
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.
- 2BASSIA BUTYRACEA SEED BUTTER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BASSIA BUTYRACEA SEED BUTTER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BASSIA%20BUTYRACEA%20SEED%20BUTTER