Is Oenocarpus Bacaba Fruit Oil natural?

Q: Is Oenocarpus Bacaba Fruit Oil natural?

Oenocarpus Bacaba Fruit Oil has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. Vegetable oil pressed from bacaba palm fruit, a triglyceride mixture of natural fatty acids. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. Vegetable oil pressed from bacaba palm fruit, a triglyceride mixture of natural fatty acids.

INCI nameOenocarpus Bacaba Fruit Oil

FunctionEmollient · Moisturising

FeedstockPressed from the fruit of the bacaba palm…

How we scored it

Expressed fruit oil, natural triglycerides → 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

Pressed from the fruit of the bacaba palm (Oenocarpus bacaba), native to the Amazon. No synthetic alternative exists.

In plain English

A rich oil pressed from the fruit of an Amazonian palm, used to soften and moisturise skin.

CosIng definition: Oenocarpus Bacaba Fruit Oil is the oil expressed from the fruits of Oenocarpus Bacaba, Arecaceae

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