Database/Emollient/Cetyl Ricinoleate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cetyl Ricinoleate natural?

Yes. Both the cetyl fatty alcohol and the ricinoleic acid are oleochemical, the latter directly from castor oil.

INCI nameCetyl Ricinoleate
CAS10401-55-5
FormulaC34H66O3 · 522.9 Da
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockCetyl Ricinoleate is made by esterifying coconut/palm-derived cetyl…

How we scored it

Cetyl alcohol (C16, natural) esterified with ricinoleic acid (from castor oil, natural); condensation water only; 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

Cetyl Ricinoleate is made by esterifying coconut/palm-derived cetyl alcohol with ricinoleic acid pressed from castor beans. No petrochemical route is used for either fragment.

In plain English

An emollient wax ester that conditions and softens skin and hair. It's made by combining a coconut-derived fatty alcohol with ricinoleic acid pressed from castor beans.

Structure

2D structure of Cetyl Ricinoleate

hexadecyl (Z,12R)-12-hydroxyoctadec-9-enoate

PubChem CID 6437731 ↗

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. 2Cetyl Ricinoleate. PubChem CID 6437731. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3CETYL RICINOLEATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4CETYL RICINOLEATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CETYL%20RICINOLEATE