Database/Antistatic/Glycol Oleate
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Glycol Oleate natural?

Mostly. Oleic acid from vegetable oil esterified with petrochemical ethylene glycol; only the fatty-acid portion counts as natural.

INCI nameGlycol Oleate
CAS4500-01-0
FunctionAntistatic · Emollient
FeedstockMade by esterifying oleic acid, abundant in olive,…

How we scored it

Oleoyl (natural, oleochemical) C18H33O 265.5 Da; ethylene glycol fragment (petrochemical) 61.1 Da → 265.5/326.5 = 0.81.
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 esterifying oleic acid, abundant in olive, sunflower and other vegetable oils, with ethylene glycol derived from petrochemical ethylene oxide. No significant bio-based ethylene glycol route is used commercially.

In plain English

An ester made from oleic acid, a fatty acid abundant in olive and other vegetable oils, combined with ethylene glycol. Used as an emollient and emulsifier that helps blend oil and water in creams and lotions.

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Structure

2D structure of Glycol Oleate

PubChem CID 5364420 ↗

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. 2Glycol Oleate. PubChem CID 5364420. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3GLYCOL OLEATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4GLYCOL OLEATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GLYCOL%20OLEATE