Database/Emollient/Hydrogenated Fish Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Hydrogenated Fish Oil natural?

Yes. Made entirely from fish body oil, an animal-derived natural feedstock, with hydrogenation adding only mass-free hydrogen atoms.

INCI nameHydrogenated Fish Oil
CAS91078-95-4
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by fully hydrogenating fish oil recovered from…

How we scored it

Fish oil (animal-derived, natural) fully hydrogenated; H2 leaves no mass in the triglyceride product → 1.00.
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 fully hydrogenating fish oil recovered from fish processing (typically a by-product of the fish-meal/fish-oil industry) to raise its stability and melting point. No alternative petrochemical route is used.

In plain English

An emollient made by fully hydrogenating fish oil to make it more stable and solid. Used in skincare to soften and condition skin.

CosIng definition: Oils, fish, hydrogenated

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