How we scored it
Fixed oil expressed from mango kernels; expressed botanical oil = 1.0 by 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
Expressed from the kernels of mango (Mangifera indica) fruit seeds. No alternative commercial route.
In plain English
A rich moisturising oil pressed from mango seed kernels, used to soften and condition skin. It's a straightforward pressed fruit-seed oil.
CosIng definition: Mangifera Indica Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the kernels of the fruit of the Mango, Mangifera indica L., Anacardiaceae
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.
- 2MANGIFERA INDICA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MANGIFERA INDICA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MANGIFERA%20INDICA%20SEED%20OIL