How we scored it
Inositol hexaphosphate extracted intact from bran/corn steep liquor, no synthetic step → total/total = 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
Commercially extracted from rice bran, corn steep liquor or other cereal by-products, where it occurs naturally as a phosphorus storage compound. No chemical synthesis is involved in its production.
In plain English
A chelating agent that binds metal ions to stabilise formulas and offers mild antioxidant benefits. It occurs naturally in cereal bran, legumes and seeds, and is commercially extracted from rice bran or corn steep liquor.
Structure
(2,3,4,5,6-pentaphosphonooxycyclohexyl) dihydrogen phosphate
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.
- 2Phytic Acid. PubChem CID 890. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3PHYTIC ACID. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4PHYTIC ACID. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PHYTIC%20ACID