How we scored it
Pork fat (animal, natural), hydrogenated; hydrogen reagent adds no petrochemical 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 hydrogenating rendered pork fat (lard) to improve oxidative stability. Pork fat is the sole commercial feedstock.
In plain English
A skin-softening ingredient made from pork fat that has been hardened through hydrogenation. It comes from lard, a byproduct of pork processing.
CosIng definition: Lard, 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 LARD. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HYDROGENATED LARD. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HYDROGENATED%20LARD