How we scored it
Sucrose + stearic acid, ester condensation; both fragments natural. 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
Where it comes from
Made by esterifying table sugar (sucrose) with stearic acid from vegetable oil or animal fat. Entirely natural-origin with no petrochemical processing step.
In plain English
A gentle emulsifier and skin conditioner used in creams, lotions and cleansers. Made by combining table sugar with stearic acid, a fatty acid from vegetable oils or animal fat. Fully plant/animal-derived, no petrochemical content.
CosIng definition: Sucrose stearate
Structure
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol;octadecanoic 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 Stearate. PubChem CID 66895039. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3SUCROSE STEARATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4SUCROSE STEARATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20STEARATE