Database/Emollient/Sucrose Distearate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sucrose Distearate natural?

Yes. Both sucrose and stearic acid are natural-origin building blocks per this site's ester rule.

INCI nameSucrose Distearate
CAS27195-16-0
FormulaC48H90O13 · 875.2 Da
FunctionEmollient · Emulsifying Surfactant
FeedstockManufactured by transesterifying vegetable-derived sucrose with vegetable stearate…

How we scored it

Sucrose (natural sugar) esterified with two stearic acid chains (natural fatty acid); only condensation water is lost → 1.00.
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

Manufactured by transesterifying vegetable-derived sucrose with vegetable stearate esters using enzymatic or base catalysis. No petrochemical carbon is retained in the product.

In plain English

An emulsifier and mild cleansing ingredient made by combining sugar with two stearic acid (fatty acid) chains. Both building blocks come from plants.

Structure

2D structure of Sucrose Distearate

[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2-octadecanoyloxyoxan-3-yl] octadecanoate

PubChem CID 5360827 ↗

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2Sucrose Distearate. PubChem CID 5360827. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SUCROSE DISTEARATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SUCROSE DISTEARATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20DISTEARATE