Database/Emollient/Glycine Soja Sterols
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Glycine Soja Sterols natural?

Yes. Phytosterols are plant-derived lipid components obtained by physical isolation from soybean oil; fully natural.

INCI nameGlycine Soja Sterols
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockIsolated from soybean oil during vegetable-oil refining (deodoriser…

How we scored it

Phytosterol mixture isolated from soybean oil; whole natural fragment, no synthetic step. 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

Isolated from soybean oil during vegetable-oil refining (deodoriser distillate). No petrochemical alternative route exists.

In plain English

Plant sterols from soybean oil that soften and condition skin. They're separated out during normal soybean oil processing.

CosIng definition: Glycine Soja Sterol is a mixture of phytosterols obtained from the Soybean, Glycine soja, Leguminosae

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. 2GLYCINE SOJA STEROLS. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3GLYCINE SOJA STEROLS. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GLYCINE%20SOJA%20STEROLS