How we scored it
Sodium salt of babassu oil fatty acids; both fragments natural → 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
Made by saponifying babassu palm kernel oil fatty acids with sodium hydroxide. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
A cleansing soap made from babassu palm oil. It's used in bar soaps and washes to lift away dirt and oil.
CosIng definition: Fatty acids, babassu oil, sodium salts
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.
- 2SODIUM BABASSUATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SODIUM BABASSUATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20BABASSUATE