How we scored it
Polyglycerol-6 (natural glycerin-derived) esterified with oleic acid (natural vegetable-oil fatty acid). No petrochemical fragment. 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
Polyglycerol-6 from vegetable glycerin etherification; oleic acid from sunflower/olive/canola oil splitting. Standard oleochemical process.
In plain English
A plant-derived emulsifier made from glycerin and oleic acid from vegetable oil, used to blend oil and water.
CosIng definition: 1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, (Z)-, 9-octadecenoate
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 OLEATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3POLYGLYCERYL-6 OLEATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYGLYCERYL-6%20OLEATE