How we scored it
Decaglycerol (10 glycerol units self-condensed, natural) esterified with isostearic acid (C18 branched fatty acid, natural/oleochemical); both natural regardless of DP → 1.00
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
Mono-ester of decaglycerin (glycerol oligomer, DP=10) with isostearic acid, a branched C18 fatty acid typically from vegetable-oil oleic/stearic acid via catalytic isomerization. Fully oleochemical.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning ingredient made from glycerin, linked into a longer chain, and isostearic acid, a branched fatty acid usually from vegetable oil.
CosIng definition: 1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, isooctadecanoates (1:1) (10 mol glycerol average molar ratio)
Structure
2,3-dihydroxypropyl 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6-nonakis(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-16-methylheptadecanoate
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.
- 2Polyglyceryl-10 Isostearate. PubChem CID 90469788. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3POLYGLYCERYL-10 ISOSTEARATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4POLYGLYCERYL-10 ISOSTEARATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYGLYCERYL-10%20ISOSTEARATE