How we scored it
Natural seed fat pressed from cupuacu seeds; butter scored 1.0 by this site's convention.
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
Obtained by pressing the seeds of Theobroma grandiflorum (cupuacu). Used as a rich emollient in skin and hair products.
In plain English
A rich, moisturising butter pressed from cupuacu seeds, a relative of cacao grown in the Amazon. It conditions skin and hair and comes directly from the plant with no chemical modification.
CosIng definition: Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter is the fat obtained from the seeds of Theobroma grandiflorum, Sterculiaceae
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.
- 2THEOBROMA GRANDIFLORUM SEED BUTTER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3THEOBROMA GRANDIFLORUM SEED BUTTER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=THEOBROMA%20GRANDIFLORUM%20SEED%20BUTTER