How we scored it
Babassu seed oil (CosIng wording says volatile; commercial oil is a pressed fat): triglycerides of lauric and myristic acids on glycerol, all plant-made; nothing added, 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 kernels of the babassu palm (Orbignya martiana, now classed as Attalea speciosa), grown in Brazil. No synthetic route exists for this oil.
In plain English
Babassu oil, a pale fat pressed from the seed kernels of the babassu palm of Brazil. It is rich in lauric and myristic fatty acids and is used as a skin-conditioning ingredient. The palm is now more often listed as Attalea speciosa.
CosIng definition: Orbinya Martiana Seed Oil is the volatile oil distilled from the seeds of Babassu, Orbignya martiana, Palmaceae
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.
- 2ORBIGNYA MARTIANA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ORBIGNYA MARTIANA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ORBIGNYA%20MARTIANA%20SEED%20OIL