Database/Emulsion Stabilising/Dehydroxanthan Gum
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Dehydroxanthan Gum natural?

Yes. The starting xanthan gum is a fermentation product, and removing water does not add any petrochemical mass.

INCI nameDehydroxanthan Gum
FunctionEmulsion Stabilising · Film Forming
FeedstockThe feedstock is xanthan gum from microbial fermentation…

How we scored it

Dehydrated xanthan gum; fermentation polysaccharide loses only water, no petrochemical mass added, scored 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

The feedstock is xanthan gum from microbial fermentation of a sugar substrate, subsequently dehydrated. No petrochemical fragment is introduced by the dehydration step.

In plain English

A thickener made by removing water from fermentation-derived xanthan gum, used to stabilise formulas and hair-styling products.

CosIng definition: Dehydroxanthan Gum is the product obtained by the dehydration of Xanthan Gum

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