How we scored it
Expressed seed oil, triglyceride mixture, no synthetic fragment → 1.00.
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 marula tree's fruit seeds, mainly in southern Africa. No synthetic manufacturing route exists for this oil.
In plain English
An oil pressed from the kernels of the marula fruit, used to moisturise skin and hair. It is a traditional African botanical oil used unrefined or lightly refined, with no synthetic processing.
CosIng definition: Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of the Sclerocarya birrea, Anacardiaceae
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.
- 2SCLEROCARYA BIRREA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SCLEROCARYA BIRREA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SCLEROCARYA%20BIRREA%20SEED%20OIL