How we scored it
Erucic acid (natural C22 fatty acid) + ammonia -> primary amide + water; no ethylene/propylene-oxide fragment present, so nothing is flagged petrochemical.
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
Made by reacting erucic acid, a long-chain fatty acid from high-erucic rapeseed or crambe oil, with ammonia to form the primary amide. No competing petrochemical route is commercially significant.
In plain English
A wax-like slip and anti-caking additive derived from a fatty acid found in rapeseed and mustard seed oil. It coats surfaces to reduce friction and stickiness in formulas and packaging.
Structure
(Z)-docos-13-enamide
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.
- 2Erucamide. PubChem CID 5365371. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3ERUCAMIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4ERUCAMIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ERUCAMIDE