How we scored it
Hexaglycerol (glycerol oligomer, natural) esterified with behenic acid (C22 fatty acid, natural/oleochemical); both natural building blocks → 1.00
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
Ester of hexaglycerin with behenic acid, a C22 saturated fatty acid typically derived from rapeseed, mustard seed, or other vegetable oils. Fully oleochemical.
In plain English
An emulsion stabiliser made from glycerin, linked into a small chain, and behenic acid, a fatty acid from rapeseed or similar vegetable oils.
CosIng definition: Ester of hexaglycerol and behenic acid
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-6 BEHENATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3POLYGLYCERYL-6 BEHENATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYGLYCERYL-6%20BEHENATE