How we scored it
Sucrose (natural sugar) esterified with 3x behenic acid C22 (oleochemical fatty acid); ester bonds lose only water. No petrochemical fragment.
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 from cane or beet sucrose esterified with behenic acid from vegetable oil. No petrochemical route is in common use.
In plain English
An emollient and emulsifier made by combining sugar (sucrose) with behenic acid, a fatty acid from vegetable fats. Used in creams and lotions to soften skin and help oil and water mix.
CosIng definition: alpha-d-glucopyranoside, beta-d-fructofuranosyl, tridocosanoate
Structure
[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6R)-2-[(3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-2,3-di(docosanoyloxy)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-4-yl] docosanoate
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 Tribehenate. PubChem CID 129628052. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3SUCROSE TRIBEHENATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4SUCROSE TRIBEHENATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20TRIBEHENATE