How we scored it
Extract of shea nuts: plant material only, extraction solvents leave no mass. 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 source is shea nuts collected in West and Central Africa and extracted with solvent or by fractionation. No synthetic route applies.
In plain English
An extract of shea nuts, the seeds of the African shea tree that also yield shea butter. It is used as an emollient, which softens and smooths skin. It is a plant extract obtained from the nuts.
CosIng definition: Butyrospermum Parkii Nut Extract is the extract of the nuts of the Shea Tree, Butyrospernum parkii, Sapotaceae
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.
- 2BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII NUT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII NUT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BUTYROSPERMUM%20PARKII%20NUT%20EXTRACT