How we scored it
Plant wax from sugarcane (fatty alcohols, esters, fatty acids, sterols): natural material (n = 1). 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
Crude wax is solvent-extracted from sugarcane press mud (filter cake) or rind and refined. No synthetic route applies.
In plain English
A hard plant wax obtained from sugarcane. It helps bind and structure sticks, balms and creams, stabilises emulsions and leaves a protective film on skin.
CosIng definition: Saccharum Officinarum (Sugarcane) Wax is the wax obtained from Saccharum officinarum, Poaceae.
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.
- 2SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM WAX. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM WAX. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SACCHARUM%20OFFICINARUM%20WAX