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

Is Sucrose Polyoleate natural?

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

INCI nameSucrose Polyoleate
CAS100358-63-2
FunctionEmollient · Emulsifying Surfactant
FeedstockMade by esterifying sucrose (from sugar cane or…

How we scored it

Sucrose (natural sugar) esterified with oleic acid (natural, vegetable oil); 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 oleic acid from vegetable oil. Both feedstocks are natural and renewable.

In plain English

An emollient and emulsifying ingredient made from sugar and vegetable-oil-derived oleic acid. It helps mix oil and water and conditions the skin.

CosIng definition: .alpha.-d-Glucopyranoside,.beta.-d-fructofuranosyl, esters with 9-(Z)-octadecenoic 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 POLYOLEATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3SUCROSE POLYOLEATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20POLYOLEATE