How we scored it
Fixed oil expressed from Pentaclethra macrophylla seeds; mechanical pressing, natural triglyceride oil = 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
Expressed (cold-pressed) from the seeds of the African oil bean tree, Pentaclethra macrophylla. As a fixed vegetable oil it is entirely natural-origin triglyceride.
In plain English
A vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of the African oil bean tree. Used as a skin-conditioning emollient. Produced by simple mechanical pressing of the seeds, with no chemical refining beyond basic purification.
CosIng definition: Pentaclethra Macrophylla Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Pentaclethra macrophylla, Fabaceae.
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.
- 2PENTACLETHRA MACROPHYLLA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PENTACLETHRA MACROPHYLLA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PENTACLETHRA%20MACROPHYLLA%20SEED%20OIL