Is Acrylates/Vinyl Isodecanoate Crosspolymer natural? NOI 0.00

Q: Is Acrylates/Vinyl Isodecanoate Crosspolymer natural?

Acrylates/Vinyl Isodecanoate Crosspolymer has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 0.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. All monomers - acrylates, a branched synthetic vinyl ester, and a polyether crosslinker - are petrochemical in origin. An NOI of 0.00 means 0% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

How we scored it

Monomers: acrylic/methacrylic acid (0), vinyl isodecanoate from synthetic isodecanoic acid (0), polyalkenylpolyether crosslinker (0) -> 0/total = 0.0.

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

Manufactured by copolymerising petrochemical acrylic/methacrylic acid with vinyl isodecanoate and a polyalkenylpolyether crosslinker. No natural-origin commercial route exists for this crosspolymer.

In plain English

A synthetic thickening and film-forming polymer used to stabilise creams and lotions and control texture. It is built entirely from lab-made acrylic and branched synthetic ester building blocks, not from plant material.

CosIng definition: Ethenyl isodecanoate, polymer with 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid, 2-propenoic acid or one or more of their simple esters, and polyalkenylpolyether

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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.
2ACRYLATES/VINYL ISODECANOATE CROSSPOLYMER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
3ACRYLATES/VINYL ISODECANOATE CROSSPOLYMER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ACRYLATES/VINYL%20ISODECANOATE%20CROSSPOLYMER