How we scored it
Enzymatic conversion of sucrose; all atoms trace to sugar feedstock, no petrochemical fragment.
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
Manufactured by enzymatically rearranging sucrose (from sugar beet or cane) into a mixture of glucopyranosyl-glucitol and -mannitol, then hydrogenating. No alternative petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
A sugar substitute made by treating table sugar with enzymes, used to attract and hold moisture in skin. Derived entirely from sugar beet or cane.
CosIng definition: A complex mixture of polysaccharides obtained by enzyme treatment of sucrose. It consists mainly of 6-0-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucitol and 1-0-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol
Structure
(3R,4R,5R)-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyhexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol
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.
- 2Isomalt. PubChem CID 3034828. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3ISOMALT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4ISOMALT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ISOMALT