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

Is Sucrose Polylaurate natural?

Yes. Sucrose and lauric acid are both natural-origin; esterifying natural building blocks leaves the product fully natural-origin.

INCI nameSucrose Polylaurate
FunctionEmollient · Emulsifying Surfactant
FeedstockMade by esterifying sucrose (from sugar cane or…

How we scored it

Sucrose (natural sugar) esterified with lauric acid (natural, coconut-derived); both building blocks natural, ester=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 (from sugar cane or beet) with lauric acid from coconut or palm kernel oil. Both feedstocks are natural and renewable.

In plain English

A cleansing and emulsifying ingredient made from sugar and coconut-derived lauric acid. It helps mix oil and water and helps products cleanse the skin.

CosIng definition: .alpha.-d-Glucopyranoside,.beta.-d-fructofuranosyl, esters with dodecanoic acid

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 POLYLAURATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3SUCROSE POLYLAURATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20POLYLAURATE