How we scored it
Oil expressed from palm fruit, no synthetic modification → 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
Oenocarpus Bataua Fruit Oil is pressed from the fruit of the Bataua palm, an Amazonian palm tree. It is a physically extracted vegetable oil with no chemical synthesis.
In plain English
A moisturizing oil pressed from the fruit of an Amazonian palm tree, used to soften and nourish skin and hair, similar in use to olive oil.
CosIng definition: Oenocarpus Bataua Fruit Oil is the oil expressed from the fruits of Oenocarpus Bataua, 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 BATAUA FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3OENOCARPUS BATAUA 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%20BATAUA%20FRUIT%20OIL