How we scored it
Glycerol backbone (plant glycerin) + C8, C10 and C12 fatty acids (coconut or palm kernel); all natural: 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
Dominant route is esterifying plant glycerin with fractionated coconut or palm kernel fatty acids. No commercially significant petrochemical route is known.
In plain English
A light, non-greasy oil that softens skin and carries other ingredients. It is made by combining glycerin with caprylic, capric and lauric fatty acids from coconut or palm kernel oil.
CosIng definition: Dodecanoic acid, mixed triesters with octanoic acid, decanoic acid and 1,2,3-propanetriol
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.
- 2CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC/LAURIC TRIGLYCERIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC/LAURIC TRIGLYCERIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC/LAURIC%20TRIGLYCERIDE