Database/Emollient/Caryodendron Orinocense Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Caryodendron Orinocense Seed Oil natural?

Yes. Cacay seed oil is a pressed vegetable oil; every fatty-acid and glycerol carbon traces to the seed.

INCI nameCaryodendron Orinocense Seed Oil
CAS1453469-52-7
FunctionEmollient · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by cold-pressing the seeds of the cacay…

How we scored it

Fixed vegetable oil expressed from seeds; entirely plant-derived → 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

Obtained by cold-pressing the seeds of the cacay tree (Caryodendron orinocense). No petrochemical route exists.

In plain English

An oil pressed from cacay tree seeds. Used to condition and soften skin and hair.

CosIng definition: Caryodendron Orinocense Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of Caryodendron orinocense.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CARYODENDRON ORINOCENSE SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CARYODENDRON ORINOCENSE SEED 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%20SEED%20OIL