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Where it comes from
Isobutyl acetate is made by esterifying petrochemical isobutanol with acetic acid, itself mainly produced from petrochemical methanol. No natural-feedstock route is significant for this commodity solvent.
In plain English
A fruity-scented solvent used to dissolve other ingredients and as a minor fragrance component. Both the alcohol and acid used to make it are manufactured from petrochemical feedstocks.
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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.
- 2ISOBUTYL ACETATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ISOBUTYL ACETATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ISOBUTYL%20ACETATE