How we scored it
Vegetable-oil triglycerides, hydrogenated; hydrogenation 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
Made by hydrogenating vegetable oils such as soybean, palm or cottonseed to raise their melting point. No petrochemical route is used.
In plain English
A waxy emollient made by hardening vegetable oil through hydrogenation. Used to thicken and condition skin and hair products, derived entirely from plant oils.
CosIng definition: Glycerides, vegetable-oil, 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 VEGETABLE GLYCERIDES. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE GLYCERIDES. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HYDROGENATED%20VEGETABLE%20GLYCERIDES