Database/Antistatic/Pyridoxine Dilaurate
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Pyridoxine Dilaurate natural?

Mostly. Lauroyl chains come from coconut or palm kernel lauric acid; vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) is made entirely by chemical synthesis from petrochemical building blocks (oxazole route).

INCI namePyridoxine Dilaurate
FunctionAntistatic · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockPyridoxine from chemical synthesis (oxazole Diels-Alder route) is…

How we scored it

Lauroyl 2 x 183.3 = 366.6 natural; pyridoxine core C8H9NO3 167.2 (synthetic vitamin B6) petrochemical. 366.6 / 533.8 = 0.69.
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

Pyridoxine from chemical synthesis (oxazole Diels-Alder route) is esterified with two lauric acid units from coconut or palm kernel oil. Fermentation-derived vitamin B6 is not commercially significant.

In plain English

A fat-soluble form of vitamin B6 with two lauric acid chains attached, so it mixes into oils, creams and hair products. The lauric acid comes from coconut or palm kernel; the vitamin B6 part is made synthetically.

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 2PYRIDOXINE DILAURATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PYRIDOXINE DILAURATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PYRIDOXINE%20DILAURATE