How we scored it
Ester of diglycerol (natural) and capric acid C10 (oleochemical) = 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 diglycerol (from vegetable glycerin) with capric acid from coconut or palm kernel oil. Both feedstocks are plant-derived.
In plain English
An emulsifier made by combining plant-derived glycerin with capric acid, a fatty acid typically from coconut or palm kernel oil.
CosIng definition: 1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, decanoates (1:1) (2 mol glycerol average molar ratio)
Structure
[3-(2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-2-hydroxypropyl] decanoate
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-2 Caprate. PubChem CID 9905161. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3POLYGLYCERYL-2 CAPRATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4POLYGLYCERYL-2 CAPRATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYGLYCERYL-2%20CAPRATE