How we scored it
Triglycerol (natural) esterified with behenic acid (C22, natural fatty acid); 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 triglycerol with behenic acid, typically derived from rapeseed or other vegetable oils. No commercially significant petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
An emulsion stabiliser made from glycerin and a long-chain vegetable fatty acid from rapeseed oil, used to keep creams and lotions from separating.
CosIng definition: Polyglyceryl-3 Behenate is the ester of behenic acid and Polyglycerin-3.
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-3 BEHENATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3POLYGLYCERYL-3 BEHENATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYGLYCERYL-3%20BEHENATE