How we scored it
Dextrin (starch-derived glucose polymer, natural) esterified with myristic acid (C14 oleochemical fatty acid, natural); both fragments natural regardless of degree of substitution -> 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
Dextrin Myristate is made by esterifying starch-derived dextrin with myristic acid, typically from coconut or palm kernel oil. No petrochemical fragment is present in either building block.
In plain English
A starch-derived sugar chain (dextrin) combined with myristic acid, a fatty acid from coconut or palm kernel oil. Used to help emulsify and cleanse, and to prevent caking.
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.
- 2DEXTRIN MYRISTATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3DEXTRIN MYRISTATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DEXTRIN%20MYRISTATE