Database/Antifoaming/Disiloxane
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Disiloxane natural?

No. Silicone/silane material; scored 0.0 by this site's convention even though silicon itself originates from silica sand.

INCI nameDisiloxane
CAS107-46-0
FunctionAntifoaming · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced from silicon metal (from silica sand) via…

How we scored it

H6OSi2, a simple silicone (two SiH3 groups on one O). This site's convention scores all silicones 0.0 regardless of the mineral-derived Si-O backbone.
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

Produced from silicon metal (from silica sand) via chlorosilane intermediates in a petrochemical-style industrial process, then hydrolysed. No natural-extraction alternative route exists commercially.

In plain English

A silicone-type fluid used to reduce foaming and condition skin or hair. This site scores all silicones as non-renewable regardless of the mineral starting material.

CosIng definition: Disiloxane is the linear siloxane that conforms to the formula

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