Database/Cleansing/Sodium Behenate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Behenate natural?

Yes. Behenic acid comes from vegetable oil (e.g. rapeseed); sodium is a natural mineral counter-ion.

INCI nameSodium Behenate
CAS5331-77-1
FormulaC22H43NaO2 · 362.6 Da
FunctionCleansing
FeedstockMade by saponifying vegetable-oil-derived behenic acid with sodium…

How we scored it

Behenic acid C22H44O2 (natural, oleochemical) neutralised with Na (natural mineral counter-ion) - whole salt natural, no petrochemical fragment.
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 saponifying vegetable-oil-derived behenic acid with sodium hydroxide. No petrochemical route is commercially used for this fatty acid salt.

In plain English

The sodium salt of behenic acid, a long-chain fatty acid from vegetable oils, used as a cleansing ingredient.

Structure

2D structure of Sodium Behenate

sodium docosanoate

PubChem CID 23668838 ↗

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. 2Sodium Behenate. PubChem CID 23668838. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SODIUM BEHENATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SODIUM BEHENATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20BEHENATE