How we scored it
Sodium salt of cocoa butter fatty acids; fatty acid chain + Na counter-ion both 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 cocoa (Theobroma cacao) seed butter fatty acids with sodium hydroxide. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
A gentle cleansing soap made by combining cocoa butter's fatty acids with sodium. It helps remove dirt and oil from skin or hair and comes from the seeds of the cocoa tree.
CosIng definition: Sodium Cocoa Butterate is the sodium salt of the fatty acids derived from Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter
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 COCOA BUTTERATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SODIUM COCOA BUTTERATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20COCOA%20BUTTERATE