Is Garcinia Indica Seed Butter natural?

Q: Is Garcinia Indica Seed Butter natural?

Garcinia Indica Seed Butter has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. A pressed fat from kokum seeds; whole natural triglyceride with no synthetic modification. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. A pressed fat from kokum seeds; whole natural triglyceride with no synthetic modification.

INCI nameGarcinia Indica Seed Butter

FunctionSkin Conditioning

FeedstockObtained by cold-pressing or extracting the fat from…

How we scored it

Botanical seed butter (kokum butter); natural per instructions = 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

Obtained by cold-pressing or extracting the fat from seeds of the kokum tree (Garcinia indica). It is used as-is with no chemical modification.

In plain English

A rich, solid plant fat (kokum butter) pressed from the seeds of the Garcinia indica tree, used to soften and condition skin. It is used in its natural triglyceride form.

CosIng definition: Garcinia Indica Seed Butter is the fat obtained from the seeds of Garcinia indica, Hypericaceae

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