How we scored it
Biological lipid class from plant or yeast biomass, no petrochemical route = 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
Typically extracted from rice or wheat sources, or produced by yeast fermentation; historically also from animal brain tissue. All routes are biological, not petrochemical.
In plain English
A family of skin-identical lipids that help support the skin's natural moisture barrier. They are extracted from plant sources such as rice or wheat, or produced by fermentation, and used in moisturisers and skin-conditioning products.
CosIng definition: Sphingolipids
Structure
2-hydroxy-N-[(E,2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoctadec-4-en-2-yl]tetracosanamide
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.
- 2Sphingolipids. PubChem CID 10056286. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3SPHINGOLIPIDS. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4SPHINGOLIPIDS. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SPHINGOLIPIDS