Database/Emulsion Stabilising/Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 natural?

No. All backbone monomers (acrylamide, acrylate, taurate, methacrylate, triacrylate crosslinker) are synthesised from petrochemical feedstocks; the small lauryl alkyl groups do not change the classification.

INCI namePolyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
FunctionEmulsion Stabilising · Viscosity Controlling
FeedstockPolyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 is manufactured by free-radical copolymerisation of…

How we scored it

Copolymer of ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate, dimethylacrylamide, lauryl/laureth-4 methacrylate, crosslinked with trimethylolpropane triacrylate; every monomer is petrochemical-derived, giving 0.0 despite the minor lauryl fatty chain.
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

Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 is manufactured by free-radical copolymerisation of synthetic acrylamide, acrylate and methacrylate monomers, including a taurate-type sulfonic monomer, crosslinked with trimethylolpropane triacrylate. All monomers derive from petrochemical acrylonitrile, isobutylene or propylene feedstocks.

In plain English

A thickening polymer used to give gels and creams their texture. It's built entirely from synthetic petrochemical building blocks in a cross-linked network, with no meaningful plant-derived content.

CosIng definition: Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 is a copolymer of ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate, dimethylacrylamide, lauryl methacrylate and laureth-4 methacrylate, crosslinked with trimethylolpropane triacrylate

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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. 2POLYACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER-6. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3POLYACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER-6. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYACRYLATE%20CROSSPOLYMER-6