How we scored it
Single C14 saturated fatty acid, oleochemical hydrolysis product of coconut/palm kernel oil → 1.00.
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
Extracted by hydrolysing coconut or palm kernel oil, which are naturally rich in the C14 fatty acid. No cosmetic-grade petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
A fatty acid naturally abundant in coconut oil, used as a mild cleanser and to add body to soaps and creams. It comes straight from tropical vegetable oils.
CosIng definition: Myristic Acid is the organic acid that conforms generally to the formula
Structure
tetradecanoic acid
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.
- 2Myristic Acid. PubChem CID 11005. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3MYRISTIC ACID. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4MYRISTIC ACID. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRISTIC%20ACID