How we scored it
Lanolin (wool wax) hydrogenated; H2 saturates double bonds and adds no petrochemical mass.
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 hydrogenating crude lanolin recovered from sheep's wool during wool-scouring. No petrochemical alternative route is used commercially.
In plain English
A wax from sheep's wool grease (lanolin) that has been hydrogenated for stability. Used as a moisturiser and conditioning agent for skin and hair.
CosIng definition: Lanolin, hydrogenated
References
- 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.
- 2HYDROGENATED LANOLIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HYDROGENATED LANOLIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HYDROGENATED%20LANOLIN