Database/Emollient/Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Extract of coconut fruit, a natural plant material, no synthetic fragment present.

INCI nameCocos Nucifera Fruit Extract
CAS8001-31-8
FunctionEmollient · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by extracting the fruit, meat and water,…

How we scored it

Botanical fruit extract; plant extracts are rated 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 extracting the fruit, meat and water, of the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera. No synthetic alternative is used.

In plain English

A moisturising extract from coconut fruit, used to condition skin and hair. It comes directly from the coconut by extraction.

CosIng definition: Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Coconut, Cocos nucifera L., Palmaceae

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. 2COCOS NUCIFERA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3COCOS NUCIFERA FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COCOS%20NUCIFERA%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT