How we scored it
Ester of triglycerol and coconut fatty acids; both fragments natural, condensation water not petroleum mass. 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 etherifying glycerin into a three-unit chain, then esterifying with coconut oil fatty acids. Both starting materials are natural and renewable.
In plain English
An emulsifier made by joining glycerin, three units, to coconut fatty acids. Both building blocks come from natural, renewable plant sources.
CosIng definition: Fatty acids, coconut, monoester with triglycerol
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 COCOATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3POLYGLYCERYL-3 COCOATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYGLYCERYL-3%20COCOATE