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100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil natural?

Yes. A fixed oil pressed directly from macadamia nuts; vegetable oils are treated as fully natural-origin.

INCI nameMacadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil
CAS438545-25-6
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockCold-pressed from the nuts of the macadamia tree.…

How we scored it

Cold-pressed fixed vegetable oil = 1.0 by rule
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

Cold-pressed from the nuts of the macadamia tree. No synthetic processing steps are involved.

In plain English

A rich vegetable oil pressed from macadamia nuts. It conditions and softens skin, prized for a fatty-acid profile similar to skin's own oils.

CosIng definition: Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil is the fixed oil obtained from the nuts of the Macadamia integrifolia, Proteaceae

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