Database/Cleansing/PEG/PPG-20/20 Copolymer
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is PEG/PPG-20/20 Copolymer natural?

No. Ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymer; both monomers are petrochemical, no natural fragment.

INCI namePEG/PPG-20/20 Copolymer
FunctionCleansing · Solvent
FeedstockMade by reacting ethylene oxide and propylene oxide,…

How we scored it

20 mol ethylene oxide + 20 mol propylene oxide block copolymer; both petrochemical epoxides. 0/total = 0.0.
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 reacting ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, both derived from petrochemical feedstocks, in a controlled block copolymerisation. No bio-based route is commercial.

In plain English

A synthetic cleansing and solvent ingredient built from two petroleum-derived building blocks. It helps other ingredients dissolve and rinse cleanly.

CosIng definition: PEG/PPG-20/20 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 20 moles of ethylene oxide with 20 moles of propylene oxide

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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. 2PEG/PPG-20/20 COPOLYMER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PEG/PPG-20/20 COPOLYMER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PEG/PPG-20/20%20COPOLYMER