How we scored it
Refined fixed oil pressed from Ximenia seeds, no synthetic modification → 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
Ximenia Americana Seed Oil is pressed and refined from the seeds of the wild plum tree. It is a physically extracted vegetable oil with no chemical synthesis involved.
In plain English
A moisturizing oil pressed from the seeds of the wild plum tree, used to soften and condition skin and hair.
CosIng definition: Ximenia Americana Oil is the refined, fixed oil obtained from the seeds of the American Ximenia, Ximenia americana L., Olacaceae
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.
- 2XIMENIA AMERICANA SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3XIMENIA AMERICANA SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=XIMENIA%20AMERICANA%20SEED%20OIL