How we scored it
Expressed vegetable seed oil; oils 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
Cold-pressed or expressed from the seeds (nuts) of the pili tree. A simple mechanical extraction with no synthetic alternative.
In plain English
A plant oil pressed from pili nut seeds, used as a skin-softening emollient. It's produced simply by pressing the nuts, without chemical processing.
CosIng definition: Canarium Ovatum Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Canarium ovatum.
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.
- 2CANARIUM OVATUM SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CANARIUM OVATUM SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CANARIUM%20OVATUM%20SEED%20OIL