Database/Anticaking/Aluminum Lanolate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Aluminum Lanolate natural?

Yes. Aluminium salt of lanolin fatty acids; aluminium is explicitly a natural-origin mineral ion under this site's method.

INCI nameAluminum Lanolate
CAS85005-39-6
FunctionAnticaking · Emulsion Stabilising
FeedstockLanolin (wool grease) fatty acids reacted with an…

How we scored it

Lanolin fatty acids (wool grease, natural) + Al (natural mineral ion) — both 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

Lanolin (wool grease) fatty acids reacted with an aluminium mineral salt. No petrochemical route exists for either fragment.

In plain English

An aluminium soap of lanolin, wool fat, fatty acids. Used as a thickener and stabiliser to help creams and lotions hold their texture.

CosIng definition: Fatty acids, lanolin, aluminum salts

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