Database/Cleansing/Dimethicone PEG-10 Phosphate
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Dimethicone PEG-10 Phosphate natural?

No. Silicone backbone is 0.0 by this site's convention even though the phosphate counter-ion and ethylene-oxide chain would otherwise be mixed fragments.

INCI nameDimethicone PEG-10 Phosphate
CAS132207-31-9
FunctionCleansing · Emulsifying Surfactant
FeedstockManufactured by reacting silicone (dimethicone) with ethylene oxide…

How we scored it

Dimethicone (silicone) backbone with PEG-10 and phosphate groups. This site's convention: all silicones = 0.0 regardless of PEG/phosphate content.
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

Manufactured by reacting silicone (dimethicone) with ethylene oxide and phosphoric acid. Treated as entirely synthetic by this site's convention regardless of the mineral phosphate group present.

In plain English

A silicone (dimethicone) modified with ethylene oxide and a phosphate group. Used as a cleansing and emulsifying surfactant.

CosIng definition: Dimethicone PEG-10 Phosphate is the partial ester of phosphorica acid and a derivative of dimethicone containing an average of 10 moles of ethylene oxide

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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. 2DIMETHICONE PEG-10 PHOSPHATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3DIMETHICONE PEG-10 PHOSPHATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIMETHICONE%20PEG-10%20PHOSPHATE