Database/Skin Conditioning/Cocos Nucifera Fruit Powder
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cocos Nucifera Fruit Powder natural?

Yes. CosIng defines this as powdered dried coconut fruit; botanical powders are natural origin.

INCI nameCocos Nucifera Fruit Powder
CAS8001-31-8
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by drying and grinding coconut fruit flesh.…

How we scored it

Dried, ground botanical powder = 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

Made by drying and grinding coconut fruit flesh. No synthetic alternative route exists.

In plain English

A powder made by drying and grinding coconut fruit flesh. Used in skincare as a gentle conditioning and mild exfoliating ingredient.

CosIng definition: Cocos Nucifera Fruit Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground 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 POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3COCOS NUCIFERA FRUIT POWDER. 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%20POWDER