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

Is Stearyl Erucate natural?

Yes. Fatty ester built entirely from natural fatty alcohol and fatty acid feedstocks (typically rapeseed-derived erucic acid).

INCI nameStearyl Erucate
CAS86601-84-5
FunctionEmollient · Viscosity Controlling
FeedstockMade by esterifying erucic acid (from rapeseed/mustard seed…

How we scored it

Ester of stearyl alcohol (C18 fatty alcohol) and erucic acid (C22:1 fatty acid); both natural oleochemical 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 erucic acid (from rapeseed/mustard seed oil) with stearyl alcohol (from vegetable/animal fat). Both building blocks are essentially always oleochemical.

In plain English

An emollient wax-like ester made by combining a fatty alcohol with erucic acid from rapeseed oil, used to soften and condition skin.

Structure

2D structure of Stearyl Erucate

PubChem CID 13531347 ↗

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 Erucate. PubChem CID 13531347. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3STEARYL ERUCATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4STEARYL ERUCATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=STEARYL%20ERUCATE