How we scored it
Triglycerol (natural) esterified with lauric acid (C12, 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 lauric acid, typically from coconut or palm kernel oil. No commercially significant petrochemical route exists.
In plain English
A mild, plant-derived emulsifier made from glycerin and coconut or palm fatty acid, used to blend oil and water in skincare formulas.
CosIng definition: 1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, dodecanoates (1:1) (3 mol glycerol average molar ratio)
Structure
dodecanoic acid;tris(propane-1,2,3-triol)
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 Laurate. PubChem CID 53445377. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3POLYGLYCERYL-3 LAURATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4POLYGLYCERYL-3 LAURATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYGLYCERYL-3%20LAURATE