Mangifera Indica ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is used as a botanical skin-conditioning material, contributing emollience when lipid-rich or antioxidant support when supplied as an extract.
What does Mangifera Indica do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is used as a botanical skin-conditioning material, contributing emollience when lipid-rich or antioxidant support when supplied as an extract.
Is Mangifera Indica clean?
It is generally well accepted in clean-beauty frameworks and is not a common restricted-list issue. Sensitization is uncommon, although botanical materials can bring trace natural fragrance components or batch variability depending on the raw material and extraction method.
Is Mangifera Indica sustainable?
This is a renewable plant-derived material and its biodegradable profile is generally favorable. Its footprint depends on agricultural practices, traceability, and whether the supply chain uses byproducts from food processing.
Is Mangifera Indica COSMOS-approved?
It is generally permitted under COSMOS-natural and can qualify for COSMOS-organic when the crop and processing meet organic requirements. It aligns best with Green Chemistry when made by mechanical processing or approved extraction systems with minimal solvent burden.
How does Mangifera Indica work chemically?
This material is a complex botanical mixture, with triglycerides and unsaponifiables in lipid-rich forms or polyphenols, sugars, and organic acids in extract forms. Typical use depends on format, with oils or butters often used around 1% to 20% and aqueous or glycolic extracts around 0.1% to 5%; antioxidant fractions benefit from cool processing and limited air exposure.
Last updated 2026-05-16