How we scored it
Sucrose (natural sugar) esterified with two lauric acid chains (natural fatty acid); only condensation water is lost → 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
Manufactured by transesterifying vegetable-derived sucrose with lauric acid or its esters, typically sourced from coconut or palm kernel oil. No petrochemical carbon remains in the product.
In plain English
An emulsifier and mild cleansing ingredient made by combining sugar with two lauric acid (fatty acid) chains, both derived from plants such as coconut.
Structure
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]-2-dodecanoyloxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl] dodecanoate
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.
- 2Sucrose Dilaurate. PubChem CID 5484289. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3SUCROSE DILAURATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4SUCROSE DILAURATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20DILAURATE