How we scored it
Triglycerides of plant fatty acids with glycerol plus minor lipids, all from seed fat (n = 1); no petrochemical fragment. 1.0 / 1.0 = 1.00.
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
Dominant route is pressing or extraction of Dipteryx odorata seeds from the Amazon region. No commercially significant synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A solid plant fat from the seeds of the cumaru (tonka bean) tree, Dipteryx odorata, used as an emollient, skin protectant and thickener. It is made of natural fatty-acid triglycerides, obtained by pressing or extracting the seeds.
CosIng definition: Dipteryx Odorata Seed Butter is the fat obtained from the seeds of Dipteryx odorata.
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.
- 2DIPTERYX ODORATA SEED BUTTER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3DIPTERYX ODORATA SEED BUTTER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIPTERYX%20ODORATA%20SEED%20BUTTER