Database/Emollient/Sucrose Laurate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sucrose Laurate natural?

Yes. Both sucrose and lauric acid are natural, plant-derived fragments joined by an ester bond.

INCI nameSucrose Laurate
CAS25339-99-5
FormulaC24H44O12 · 524.6 Da
FunctionEmollient · Emulsifying Surfactant
FeedstockMade by esterifying sugar (sucrose) with lauric acid…

How we scored it

Sucrose (natural plant sugar) esterified with lauric acid (natural coconut fatty acid), losing only water -> 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.

How it’s made

Base-catalysed transesterification of sucrose with methyl laurate. Each curved arrow moves one electron pair, and the film ends on the score above.

Where it comes from

Made by esterifying sugar (sucrose) with lauric acid from coconut oil. Both raw materials are plant-derived.

In plain English

A mild, sugar-based cleansing and emulsifying agent used in gentle face washes and creams. It's made from table sugar and lauric acid, a fatty acid from coconut oil.

CosIng definition: Sucrose laurate

Structure

2D structure of Sucrose Laurate

[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] dodecanoate

PubChem CID 5360776 ↗

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. 2Sucrose Laurate. PubChem CID 5360776. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SUCROSE LAURATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SUCROSE LAURATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20LAURATE