Database/Emollient/Oleyl Lactate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Oleyl Lactate natural?

Yes. Both building blocks, oleochemical oleyl alcohol and fermentation-derived lactic acid, are natural origin.

INCI nameOleyl Lactate
CAS42175-36-0
FormulaC21H40O3 · 340.5 Da
FunctionEmollient
FeedstockMade by esterifying oleyl alcohol, derived from vegetable…

How we scored it

Oleyl (oleochemical fatty alcohol) 268.48 Da natural + lactate (fermentation lactic acid) 90.08 Da natural, minus condensation water; both natural, 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 oleyl alcohol, derived from vegetable or animal oleic acid, with lactic acid from carbohydrate fermentation. No petrochemical route is used for either building block.

In plain English

An emollient made by combining a plant or animal-fat-derived fatty alcohol with fermentation-derived lactic acid. Softens and smooths skin.

Structure

2D structure of Oleyl Lactate

[(Z)-octadec-9-enyl] 2-hydroxypropanoate

PubChem CID 9884386 ↗

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. 2Oleyl Lactate. PubChem CID 9884386. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3OLEYL LACTATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4OLEYL LACTATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OLEYL%20LACTATE