Database/Emulsifying Surfactant/Corn Glycerides
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Corn Glycerides natural?

Yes. Both the glycerin backbone and the fatty-acid chain trace to corn oil, a vegetable feedstock.

INCI nameCorn Glycerides
CAS85536-08-9
FunctionEmulsifying Surfactant · Humectant
FeedstockMade by partial hydrolysis or re-esterification of corn…

How we scored it

Mono-/diglycerides of corn oil; glycerin and fatty acids are both natural building blocks → 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

Made by partial hydrolysis or re-esterification of corn (maize) oil. No alternative petrochemical route is used for this oil derivative.

In plain English

An emulsifying and conditioning ingredient made from mono- and diglycerides derived from corn oil.

CosIng definition: Glycerides, corn-oil mono- and di-

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