How we scored it
Maize starch hydrolyzed to glucose oligomers then hydrogenated; starch hydrolysates and hydrogenation are natural. 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 enzymatic/acid hydrolysis of maize starch to a glucose syrup, then catalytically hydrogenated. No petrochemical alternative route.
In plain English
A sugar-based syrup made by breaking down and then hydrogenating corn starch, used to draw and hold moisture in the skin.
CosIng definition: Maize starch, hydrolyzed, 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 STARCH HYDROLYSATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HYDROGENATED STARCH HYDROLYSATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HYDROGENATED%20STARCH%20HYDROLYSATE