How we scored it
Diglycerol (glycerol-derived, natural) esterified with lauric acid (C12 fatty acid, natural); both fragments natural = 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 lauric acid, typically from coconut or palm kernel oil. Both feedstocks are oleochemical; no petrochemical route is used commercially.
In plain English
A mild, plant-derived emulsifier made from glycerin and coconut or palm fatty acid, used to blend oil and water together in creams and lotions.
CosIng definition: 1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, dodecanoates (1:1) (2 mol glycerol average molar ratio)
Structure
[3-(2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-2-hydroxypropyl] dodecanoate
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 Laurate. PubChem CID 15978920. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3POLYGLYCERYL-2 LAURATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4POLYGLYCERYL-2 LAURATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYGLYCERYL-2%20LAURATE