How we scored it
Whole fixed oil expressed from seeds; triglyceride mass entirely botanical = 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- or expeller-pressed from the seeds of Croton megalocarpus, an East African tree. No synthetic alternative.
In plain English
A plant oil pressed from the seeds of the croton megalocarpus tree, used to condition skin. It's a lesser-known African seed oil gaining use in cosmetics.
CosIng definition: Croton Megalocarpus Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Croton megalocarpus, Euphorbiaceae.
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.
- 2CROTON MEGALOCARPUS SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CROTON MEGALOCARPUS SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CROTON%20MEGALOCARPUS%20SEED%20OIL