How we scored it
Fixed oil from macadamia nuts; triglyceride fatty acids wholly plant carbon → 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
Cold-pressed from macadamia nuts, mainly grown in Australia, South Africa and Kenya. No synthetic route exists for the whole nut oil.
In plain English
A light oil pressed from macadamia nuts, used to soften and condition skin. It comes straight from the nut, unmodified chemically.
CosIng definition: Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil is the fixed oil obtained from the nuts of the Bushnut, Macadamia ternifolia, Proteaceae. It consists primarily of the glycerides of the fatty acids
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.
- 2MACADAMIA TERNIFOLIA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MACADAMIA TERNIFOLIA 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%20TERNIFOLIA%20SEED%20OIL