Database/Cleansing Surfactant/Myristyl Laurate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Myristyl Laurate natural?

Yes. Both lauric acid and myristyl alcohol are oleochemical, derived from coconut or palm kernel oil.

INCI nameMyristyl Laurate
CAS22412-97-1
FormulaC26H52O2 · 396.7 Da
FunctionCleansing Surfactant
FeedstockMade by esterifying lauric acid with myristyl alcohol,…

How we scored it

Lauric acid (natural, C12) esterified with myristyl alcohol (natural, C14) — both natural building blocks → 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 lauric acid with myristyl alcohol, both typically derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. No petrochemical route is commercially significant.

In plain English

A conditioning emollient used in skin and hair products. Made by combining two coconut/palm-oil-derived fatty ingredients, lauric acid and myristyl alcohol, through esterification.

Structure

2D structure of Myristyl Laurate

tetradecyl dodecanoate

PubChem CID 89700 ↗

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2Myristyl Laurate. PubChem CID 89700. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3MYRISTYL LAURATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4MYRISTYL LAURATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRISTYL%20LAURATE