Database/Emollient/Madhuca Longifolia Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Madhuca Longifolia Seed Oil natural?

Yes. Cold-pressed mahua seed oil; natural triglyceride mixture, no synthetic processing.

INCI nameMadhuca Longifolia Seed Oil
FunctionEmollient · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockExpressed from the seeds of Madhuca longifolia (mahua…

How we scored it

Fixed vegetable oil expressed from seeds; 1.0 by this site's convention for oils.
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 from the seeds of Madhuca longifolia (mahua tree), native to the Indian subcontinent. No synthetic alternative is used.

In plain English

A vegetable oil pressed from mahua tree seeds, used to condition hair and soften skin.

CosIng definition: Madhuca Longifolia Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Madhuca longifolia, Sapotaceae.

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