How we scored it
Isoamyl alcohol (fusel-oil fermentation byproduct, 1.0)+coconut fatty acid (1.0) -> both natural building blocks = 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
Esterified from coconut fatty acids and isoamyl alcohol, the latter typically recovered from fusel oil (a byproduct of grain/sugar ethanol fermentation). A minor petrochemical isoamyl-alcohol route also exists.
In plain English
An emollient ester that smooths and softens skin. It is made from coconut oil fatty acids and a fermentation-derived alcohol.
CosIng definition: Isoamyl Cocoate is the ester of isoamyl alcohol and Coconut Acid. It conforms to the formula: (structure)where RCO- represents the coconut acid radical.
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.
- 2ISOAMYL COCOATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ISOAMYL COCOATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ISOAMYL%20COCOATE