Database/Skin Conditioning/Hydrogenated Shea Butter
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Hydrogenated Shea Butter natural?

Yes. Every fatty-acid and glycerol fragment traces to shea butter (Vitellaria paradoxa nut fat), a natural plant source.

INCI nameHydrogenated Shea Butter
FunctionSkin Conditioning · Viscosity Controlling
FeedstockMade by catalytic hydrogenation of natural shea butter…

How we scored it

Shea butter triglycerides with double bonds saturated by added hydrogen; hydrogen gas leaves no accounted 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

Made by catalytic hydrogenation of natural shea butter to raise its melting point and firmness. No petrochemical feedstock is introduced during hydrogenation.

In plain English

Shea butter that has been hardened by adding hydrogen to its fats, giving it a firmer texture. Used as a skin-conditioning ingredient; it remains a plant-derived butter.

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