Database/Film Forming/Galactoarabinan
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Galactoarabinan natural?

Yes. Entire polysaccharide is extracted plant (larch) biomass; extraction leaves no petrochemical mass in the gum.

INCI nameGalactoarabinan
CAS9036-66-2
FunctionFilm Forming
FeedstockExtracted from larch (Larix) wood as a water-soluble…

How we scored it

Natural polysaccharide gum extracted from larch wood; this site's convention values gums at 1.0, no fragment split needed.
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

Extracted from larch (Larix) wood as a water-soluble polysaccharide gum. No synthetic route is used commercially.

In plain English

A natural plant gum (arabinogalactan), typically from larch trees, used to form a light film on skin or hair. Obtained by extracting the wood.

CosIng definition: Galactoarabinan

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