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100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil natural?

Yes. Cold-pressed fruit oil from the acai palm; mechanical pressing leaves no petrochemical mass.

INCI nameEuterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil
CAS879496-95-4
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExpressed directly from the fruit of the acai…

How we scored it

Vegetable oil expressed from acai fruit; oils are 1.0 by this site's convention.
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 directly from the fruit of the acai palm, Euterpe oleracea, grown mainly in the Amazon basin. Mechanical pressing is the sole commercial production method.

In plain English

A rich oil pressed from acai berries, used to moisturise and condition skin, made by simply pressing the oil from the fruit.

CosIng definition: Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil is is the oil expressed from 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 OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3EUTERPE OLERACEA FRUIT OIL. 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%20OIL