How we scored it
Seed fat: triglycerides (plant fatty acids plus glycerol) with minor plant lipids, all natural (n = 1), so natural fraction = 1.0. No synthetic fragments.
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
Bacuri seeds (Platonia insignis, Brazilian Amazon) are pressed or extracted and the fat is refined to give the butter. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A plant fat (bacuri butter), solid at room temperature, from the seeds of the bacuri tree (Platonia insignis) of the Amazon region. It is used in creams and balms as an emollient and skin-conditioning ingredient. It is made of fatty acids bound to glycerin.
CosIng definition: Platonia Insignis Seed Butter is the fat obtained from the seeds of Platonia insignis, Clusiaceae.
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.
- 2PLATONIA INSIGNIS SEED BUTTER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PLATONIA INSIGNIS SEED BUTTER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PLATONIA%20INSIGNIS%20SEED%20BUTTER