How we scored it
Triglycerol (glycerin condensation) esterified with beeswax fatty acids (animal wax). Both fragments natural; ester bond loses only water. 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
Produced by esterifying triglycerol, from vegetable-derived glycerin, with the fatty acids naturally present in beeswax. Beeswax is a natural bee-derived material with no petrochemical alternative route.
In plain English
An emulsifier that blends oil and water phases in creams. It's made by combining a small glycerin chain with fatty acids from beeswax, giving formulas a skin-friendly, wax-like texture.
CosIng definition: Ester of triglycerol and beeswax fatty acids
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.
- 2POLYGLYCERYL-3 BEESWAX. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3POLYGLYCERYL-3 BEESWAX. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYGLYCERYL-3%20BEESWAX