Database/Anticaking/Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Crosspolymer
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Crosspolymer natural?

No. Both monomers are conventionally petrochemical (adipic acid from cyclohexane, neopentyl glycol from isobutyraldehyde); silane crosslinker is also synthetic.

INCI nameAdipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Crosspolymer
FunctionAnticaking · Antiperspirant
FeedstockAdipic acid is manufactured from cyclohexane via nitric-acid…

How we scored it

Adipic acid (petrochemical, cyclohexane-oxidation route) + neopentyl glycol (petrochemical, isobutyraldehyde route), crosslinked with isopropyltriethoxysilane. 0.00.
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

Adipic acid is manufactured from cyclohexane via nitric-acid oxidation, and neopentyl glycol from isobutyraldehyde and formaldehyde, both petrochemical routes. The copolymer is crosslinked with synthetic isopropyltriethoxysilane.

In plain English

A synthetic polymer used as a binder and texturiser in powders and antiperspirants. It is made from two petrochemical building blocks, adipic acid and neopentyl glycol, crosslinked together.

CosIng definition: Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol Crosspolymer is a copolymer of Adipic Acid and Neopentyl Glycol crosslinked by isopropyltriethoxysilane

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