Database/Emollient/Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate natural?

No. A silicone-based emollient; by the site's silicone convention it scores zero even though its fatty ester caps come from meadowfoam seed oil.

INCI nameDimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate
FunctionEmollient · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockDimethicone, ethylene oxide and meadowfoam seed oil fatty…

How we scored it

A dimethicone backbone carrying PEG-8 chains and meadowfoam fatty ester caps. Silicones are 0.0 by this site's convention whatever the side chains, so the natural meadowfoam fragment (roughly 30% of the mass) is not credited.
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

Dimethicone, ethylene oxide and meadowfoam seed oil fatty acids.

In plain English

A conditioning ingredient combining a silicone with polyethylene glycol and meadowfoam seed oil fatty acids. It smooths hair and skin. Most of its structure comes from silicone and petrochemical sources, with a smaller plant-oil portion.

CosIng definition: Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate is the partial ester of PEG-8 dimethicone and the fatty acids derived from meadowfoam seed oil

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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-8 MEADOWFOAMATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3DIMETHICONE PEG-8 MEADOWFOAMATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIMETHICONE%20PEG-8%20MEADOWFOAMATE