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

Is Hydrogenated Shark Liver Oil natural?

Yes. Marine liver oil hydrogenated for stability; animal-oil hydrogenation stays natural-origin.

INCI nameHydrogenated Shark Liver Oil
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by hydrogenating oil extracted from shark livers.…

How we scored it

Shark liver oil (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 oil extracted from shark livers. Shark fishery byproduct rendering is the commercial source; no synthetic alternative exists.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning ingredient made from shark liver oil that has been hardened by hydrogenation. It's sourced from shark fishery byproducts.

CosIng definition: Oils, shark-liver, 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 SHARK LIVER OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3HYDROGENATED SHARK LIVER OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HYDROGENATED%20SHARK%20LIVER%20OIL