Is Ascorbyl Dipalmitate natural? NOI 1.00

Q: Is Ascorbyl Dipalmitate natural?

Ascorbyl Dipalmitate has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. The vitamin C core comes from fermented glucose; both fatty chains are palm/oleochemical palmitic acid, fully natural building blocks. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

How we scored it

Ascorbic acid (glucose-derived, natural) diesterified with 2x palmitic acid (natural fatty acid). Both 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

Ascorbyl Dipalmitate is made by esterifying fermentation-derived ascorbic acid with two molecules of palmitic acid from vegetable oil. Both starting materials are natural-origin.

In plain English

An oil-soluble form of vitamin C used as an antioxidant in creams and oils. It is made by attaching two palm-oil-derived fatty acids to plant-sugar-derived vitamin C.

Structure

[(2S)-2-[(2R)-4-hexadecanoyloxy-3-hydroxy-5-oxo-2H-furan-2-yl]-2-hydroxyethyl] hexadecanoate

PubChem CID 54722209 ↗

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.
2Ascorbyl Dipalmitate. PubChem CID 54722209. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
3ASCORBYL DIPALMITATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
4ASCORBYL DIPALMITATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ASCORBYL%20DIPALMITATE