Database/Emollient/Dipteryx Alata Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Dipteryx Alata Seed Oil natural?

Yes. Cold- or expeller-pressed oil from baru (Dipteryx alata) seeds; entirely plant-derived fatty triglycerides.

INCI nameDipteryx Alata Seed Oil
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockExpressed from the seeds of the baru tree…

How we scored it

Fixed vegetable oil pressed from seeds; botanical oil, this site's convention 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

Expressed from the seeds of the baru tree (Dipteryx alata), native to Brazilian savannah. Cold-pressing is the standard commercial extraction method.

In plain English

A moisturising oil pressed from the seeds of the baru tree, a nut-like fruit native to Brazil. It conditions and softens skin.

CosIng definition: Dipteryx Alata Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Dipteryx alata, Fabaceae.

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