How we scored it
Sucrose (natural sugar) esterified with behenic acid (natural C22 fatty acid); ester of two natural blocks, only water lost → 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 sucrose with behenic (docosanoic) acid, typically from vegetable oils, across several of the sugar's hydroxyl groups. No petrochemical route is used.
In plain English
A wax-like ingredient made by combining sugar with a fatty acid from vegetable oil. It softens skin and helps other ingredients mix together smoothly.
CosIng definition: .alpha.-d-Glucopyranoside,.beta.-d-fructofuranosyl, esters with docosanoic acid
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 POLYBEHENATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SUCROSE POLYBEHENATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20POLYBEHENATE