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Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 58 products, most often body care.

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What does Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil softens and smooths the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emollient.

emollient

What is Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil?

Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil is the fixed oil obtained from the nuts of the babassu, Orbignya oleifera, Palmaceae. It consists primarily of the glycerides of the fatty acids lauric, myristic and oleic.

CAS number
91078-92-1
EC number
293-376-2
CosIng reference
57898

Which products contain Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil?

Open Beauty Facts finds Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil in the ingredient lists of 58 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, hair care and hand creams.

  • Body care7
  • Hair care4
  • Hand creams3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 16 · Germany 14 · United States 6 · Morocco 5.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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