Database/Skin Conditioning/Irvingia Gabonensis Kernel Butter
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Irvingia Gabonensis Kernel Butter natural?

Yes. This is an unmodified natural fat pressed from Dika tree kernels, classed as natural origin like other botanical butters.

INCI nameIrvingia Gabonensis Kernel Butter
CAS192230-28-7
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockIrvingia Gabonensis Kernel Butter is pressed from the…

How we scored it

Whole natural vegetable butter (Dika tree kernel fat); botanical butters 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

Irvingia Gabonensis Kernel Butter is pressed from the kernels of the Dika tree (Irvingia gabonensis), native to West and Central Africa. No synthetic feedstock is involved.

In plain English

A rich, natural butter pressed from the kernels of the African Dika tree, used to condition and soften skin.

CosIng definition: Irvingia Gabonensis Kernel Butter is the fat obtained from the kernels of the Dika Tree, Irvingia gabonensis, Simarubaceae

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