Database/Emollient/Stearyl Behenate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Stearyl Behenate natural?

Yes. Both the fatty alcohol and fatty acid are oleochemical, vegetable-oil-derived; esterification adds no petrochemical mass.

INCI nameStearyl Behenate
CAS24271-12-3
FormulaC40H80O2 · 593.1 Da
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by esterifying oleochemical stearyl alcohol with behenic…

How we scored it

Ester of stearyl alcohol (C18, natural fatty alcohol) and behenic acid (C22, natural fatty acid); both natural building blocks. 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

Made by esterifying oleochemical stearyl alcohol with behenic acid, both typically sourced from vegetable oils such as palm or rapeseed. No petrochemical route is used commercially.

In plain English

A waxy emollient that softens and smooths skin and hair. It's made by combining two plant-derived fatty substances into a long-chain wax ester.

Structure

2D structure of Stearyl Behenate

octadecyl docosanoate

PubChem CID 90435 ↗

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. 2Stearyl Behenate. PubChem CID 90435. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3STEARYL BEHENATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4STEARYL BEHENATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=STEARYL%20BEHENATE