How we scored it
Inorganic mineral silicate; Na, K, Al and silicate are all natural-origin fragments = 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
A manufactured mineral silicate combining sodium, potassium and aluminum, similar in class to clays and synthetic zeolites. Mineral-origin materials count as natural origin even when industrially processed.
In plain English
A mineral powder combining sodium, potassium, aluminum and silica, used to bulk out powder products such as mineral makeup.
CosIng definition: Ceramic materials and wares, chemicals. Complex silicate of the following elements: aluminum, potassium and sodium
Structure
nonaaluminum;potassium;tetrasodium;octadecakis(dioxosilane);dotriacontahydroxide
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.
- 2Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate. PubChem CID 167713247. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3SODIUM POTASSIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4SODIUM POTASSIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20POTASSIUM%20ALUMINUM%20SILICATE