How we scored it
Ester of linoleic acid (natural fatty acid) and lanolin alkyl alcohols (natural, animal-derived) = 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 esterifying linoleic acid, a plant-oil-derived fatty acid, with the alcohol fraction of lanolin, an animal wax from sheep's wool. No petrochemical fragment is present.
In plain English
A conditioning ingredient for skin and hair, made by combining linoleic acid, a plant-derived fatty acid, with the fatty alcohols found in lanolin, the greasy substance from sheep's wool.
CosIng definition: 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-, lanolin alkyl esters
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.
- 2LANOLIN LINOLEATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LANOLIN LINOLEATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LANOLIN%20LINOLEATE