Oil of the month: Passionfruit seed oil

Passionfruit seed oil is our oil of the month for April 2019. This means we have a fat discount on this oil through the whole month of April.

Read about our previous oils of the month if you have missed the blog posts:

Brazil nut oil

Avocado oil

Sacha-Inchi oil

Cucumber oil

Moringa oil

Rosehip oil

The oil

INCI: Passiflora Edulis Seed Oil
CAS-Nummer: 97676-26-1
Saponification value: 170-190 mg KOH/gr
Iodine value: 130-145 

The oil is derived from the seeds of passion fruit (maracuja), an Amazonian fruit. It has a dark yellow-reddish colour and a fruity scent similar to the fruit.

This is one of the few liquid oils with a relatively medium content of oleic acid. Its main component is linolenic acid.

Its palmitic and stearic acid content is quite suitable for a nice coverage, refatting and barrier protection but not that much to contribute to a greasy and sticky skin feel.

Unrefined passionfruit oil contains about 1% of unsaponifiables: mainly carotenoids, vit A and flavonoids.

Use this lovely oil in your hair & skin care products and enjoy the skin feel and the barrier protection properties.

We recommend applying this oil during the cool down phase and /or in cold process.

Further reading:

Malacrida, Cassia Roberta, and Neuza Jorge. "Yellow passion fruit seed oil (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa): physical and chemical characteristics." Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 55.1 (2012): 127-134.

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