How we scored it
Expressed vegetable oil: triglycerides and minor lipids, all plant-derived (n = 1). 1.0 / 1.0 = 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
Oil is expressed (pressed) from the nuts of the Orinoco nut tree, a tree native to northern South America, then filtered or refined. No petrochemical or synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A vegetable oil pressed from the nuts of the Orinoco nut tree (Caryodendron orinocense), native to northern South America. The EU ingredient database lists it as an emollient and skin- and hair-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Caryodendron Orinocense Nut Oil is the oil expressed from the nuts of Caryodendron orinocense.
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.
- 2CARYODENDRON ORINOCENSE NUT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CARYODENDRON ORINOCENSE NUT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CARYODENDRON%20ORINOCENSE%20NUT%20OIL