Database/Skin Conditioning/Elaeis Guineensis Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Elaeis Guineensis Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. Entire material is oil-palm fruit biomass, a natural botanical feedstock with no synthetic step.

INCI nameElaeis Guineensis Fruit Extract
CAS8023-79-8
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by extracting the fruit of the oil…

How we scored it

Whole botanical extract; this site's method assigns botanical extracts 1.0, no petrochemical fragment.
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 of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), typically with water or a vegetable-oil carrier. No petrochemical alternative route exists.

In plain English

An extract of palm fruit used in skincare to help condition skin.

CosIng definition: Elaeis Guineensis Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of the Palmoil Tree, Elaeis guineensis, 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. 2ELAEIS GUINEENSIS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ELAEIS GUINEENSIS FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ELAEIS%20GUINEENSIS%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT