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100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Theobroma Cacao Fruit Powder natural?

Yes. The powder is milled dried cocoa fruit, so every atom comes from natural-origin plant material.

INCI nameTheobroma Cacao Fruit Powder
CAS84649-99-0
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant feedstock is dried cocoa fruit material from…

How we scored it

Dried, ground fruit: no reaction and no added mass, so 100% plant material (n = 1). Natural mass equals total mass, NOI = 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

Dominant feedstock is dried cocoa fruit material from the tropical cocoa belt, cleaned, milled and sieved to a powder. No synthetic or alternative route exists.

In plain English

Dried, ground fruit of the cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), used as a skin-conditioning powder. It is cocoa plant material that has been milled, with no chemical modification.

CosIng definition: Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Fruit Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground fruit of the Cocoa, Theobroma cacao L., Sterculiaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2THEOBROMA CACAO FRUIT POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3THEOBROMA CACAO FRUIT POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=THEOBROMA%20CACAO%20FRUIT%20POWDER