How we scored it
Cetyl alcohol (oleochemical) + phosphate (mineral) + potassium; all fragments natural. 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
Cetyl alcohol, usually from coconut or palm kernel oil, is esterified with phosphoric acid and neutralised with potassium. Phosphate and potassium are treated as natural mineral-origin under ISO 16128.
In plain English
An emulsifier used to stabilise creams and lotions. Made from cetyl alcohol, a fatty alcohol typically from coconut or palm kernel oil, combined with phosphate (a mineral-derived group) and potassium. Fully natural-origin.
CosIng definition: 1-hexadecanol, phosphate, potassium salt
Structure
potassium hexadecyl hydrogen phosphate
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.
- 2Potassium Cetyl Phosphate. PubChem CID 23672321. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POTASSIUM%20CETYL%20PHOSPHATE