How we scored it
Sucrose (342, plant sugar) triesterified with 3x lauric acid (601, coconut/palm), losing 3 H2O (54) = 889, matches given MW 889.2. All 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.
Where it comes from
Made by esterifying sucrose, from sugar cane or sugar beet, with lauric acid from coconut or palm kernel oil. No petrochemical fragment is introduced.
In plain English
A cleansing and emulsifying ingredient made by combining sugar with coconut-derived lauric acid. It helps products foam lightly and keep oil and water blended.
CosIng definition: Sucrose Trilaurate is the triester of lauric acid and Sucrose
Structure
[(2S,3S,4R,5R)-3,4-di(dodecanoyloxy)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxolan-2-yl]methyl dodecanoate
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 Trilaurate. PubChem CID 44146249. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3SUCROSE TRILAURATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4SUCROSE TRILAURATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20TRILAURATE