How we scored it
Fixed oil: 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 expressed (pressed) and the oil is filtered or refined. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A liquid vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of the bacuri tree (Platonia insignis) of the Amazon region. It is used in skin care as an emollient and skin-conditioning oil. It is made of fatty acids bound to glycerin.
CosIng definition: Platonia Insignis Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed 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 OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PLATONIA INSIGNIS SEED OIL. 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%20OIL