Jojoba Oil - Cold Pressed/Clear/Refined/Unrefined

 Jojoba is a small tree like shrub native to the Sonora desert of Arizona, northern Mexico, southern California and the Baja
Peninsula. Jojoba plants are either male or female. The female of the species bears one crop of seed (sometimes called nuts)
per year from buds that develop predominantly on alternating leaf nodes of the new plant growth. Jojoba is now cultivated
commercially in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Egypt, India, Israel, Mexico, Peru, South Africa and the USA.
Jojoba Golden is typically expeller pressed and has not been processed further to remove any color or odor naturally present in
the oil. Golden quality Jojoba oil is also used in pigmented and/or fragranced cosmetic formulations in which the natural color
and odor of jojoba are not objectionable.
Technical Information:
Appearance Clear bright golden
Refractive index (20°) 1.465 1.467
Specific gravity (25°) 0.863 - 0.873
Acid value < 1
Peroxide value 5 max
Iodine value 78 - 90
Saponification number 88 - 98
Insaponifiable fraction 1 max
Oleic acid C18 : 1 3 % max
Gadolcic acid C20 : 1 62 - 86 %
Erucic acid C22 : 1 20 - 30 max
Wax Ester Chain C36 2 % max
Wax Ester Chain C38 10 % max
Wax Ester Chain C40 27 - 37 %
Wax Ester Chain C42 45 - 56 %
Wax Ester Chain C44 13 % max
Wax Ester Chain C46 2 % max
Properties and Cosmetic Applications:
Jojoba Oil is an array of natural golden liquid wax esters found in the seed of the jojoba plant. Jojoba oil is composed principally
of 40 and 42 carbon chain length esters, which are in turn composed of monounsaturated fatty acids and fatty alcohols of 16 to
24 carbon chain length. Jojoba oil is an unusually pure material made up of essentially all-wax esters with less than 1%
triglyceride content. Since it contains Vitamin E (natural tocopherols) and has no polyunsaturated components, it is highly
resistant to oxidation. It also contains small amounts of phospholipids that are themselves beneficial to the hair and skin.
The principal use of jojoba oil is for its excellent cosmetic properties such as skin softening, skin penetration and emolliency.