Database/Hair Conditioning/Phytosteryl Macadamiate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Phytosteryl Macadamiate natural?

Yes. Macadamia nut oil fatty acids and the plant sterol are both natural-origin, and esterification adds no petrochemical mass.

INCI namePhytosteryl Macadamiate
FunctionHair Conditioning · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by esterifying macadamia nut oil fatty acids…

How we scored it

Macadamia nut oil fatty acids (natural) esterified with a plant phytosterol (natural); no petrochemical fragment. 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 macadamia nut oil fatty acids with a plant-derived sterol (sitosterol). Both starting materials are entirely plant-derived.

In plain English

A skin- and hair-conditioning ingredient made by combining macadamia nut oil fatty acids with a plant sterol. Both components are entirely plant-derived.

CosIng definition: Fatty acids, macadamia nut-oil, esters with (3-.beta.)-sigmast-5-en-3-ol

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