Database/Humectant/Glucose
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Glucose natural?

Yes. Plant starch hydrolysate sugar; entirely natural-origin carbon skeleton with no synthetic fragment.

INCI nameGlucose
CAS50-99-7
FormulaC6H12O6 · 180.16 Da
FunctionHumectant
FeedstockProduced by enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn,…

How we scored it

Glucose C6H12O6, a monosaccharide from starch hydrolysis; hydrolysis catalysts leave no mass. 1.0.
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 by enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, wheat or tapioca starch. This is the dominant and essentially only commercial route.

In plain English

A basic sugar that helps skin hold onto moisture. It's produced by breaking down plant starch, typically from corn or wheat, into its individual sugar units.

Structure

2D structure of Glucose

(3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol

PubChem CID 5793 ↗

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. 2Glucose. PubChem CID 5793. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3GLUCOSE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4GLUCOSE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GLUCOSE