Database/Hair Conditioning/Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract natural?

Yes. A direct extract of acai (Euterpe oleracea) fruit; botanical extracts are rated fully natural origin under this site's convention.

INCI nameEuterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract
FunctionHair Conditioning · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by pressing or solvent-extracting the fruit of…

How we scored it

Botanical fruit extract (acai); this site's convention rates plant extracts 1.0 regardless of extraction solvent.
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

Produced by pressing or solvent-extracting the fruit of the acai palm, Euterpe oleracea. The fruit itself supplies all of the extract's mass.

In plain English

An extract pressed from acai palm berries, containing natural antioxidant compounds. Used to condition and nourish hair and skin in leave-on and rinse-off products.

CosIng definition: Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Cabbage Palm, Euterpe oleracea, Arecaceae

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