Database/Binding/Ozokerite
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Ozokerite natural?

No. Ozokerite is a fossil hydrocarbon wax that CosIng classifies as petroleum-derived, matching the site's treatment of paraffin and microcrystalline wax.

INCI nameOzokerite
CAS64742-33-2
FormulaC30H50O2 · 442.7 Da
FunctionBinding · Emulsion Stabilising
FeedstockOzokerite is a naturally occurring fossil-hydrocarbon mineral wax…

How we scored it

Saturated C20-C50 hydrocarbon wax; CosIng explicitly classifies as petroleum hydrocarbon wax; no natural fragment; 0.00.
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

Ozokerite is a naturally occurring fossil-hydrocarbon mineral wax that is mined and then chemically neutralized to remove acidic material; CosIng categorizes it with petroleum hydrocarbon waxes. No alternative feedstock route is used.

In plain English

A firm mineral wax mined from the earth that thickens and stabilizes creams and balms. It's chemically a fossil hydrocarbon, in the same family as petroleum and paraffin wax, so it's counted as fossil-derived rather than renewable.

CosIng definition: Hydrocarbon waxes (petroleum), chemically neutralized. A complex combination of hydrocarbons produced by a treating process to remove acidic materials. It consists predominantly of saturated straight chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C20 through C50

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Structure

2D structure of Ozokerite

(2R,4R,4aS,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aR,12aR,14aS,14bS)-2-hydroxy-4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14a-octamethyl-2,4,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picen-3-one

PubChem CID 21596125 ↗

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. 2Ozokerite. PubChem CID 21596125. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3OZOKERITE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4OZOKERITE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OZOKERITE