How we scored it
Partial hydrolysis product of starch (corn/potato/rice); starches convention = 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
Maltodextrin is produced by partially hydrolysing corn, rice, potato or tapioca starch with acid or enzymes. No synthetic route is used.
In plain English
A starch-derived powder from corn or a similar plant, broken into smaller sugar chains. It helps bind, thicken and stabilize product texture.
CosIng definition: Maltodextrin
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.
- 2MALTODEXTRIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MALTODEXTRIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MALTODEXTRIN