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

Is Sucrose Tristearate natural?

Yes. Both the sugar backbone and fatty acid chains are natural-origin; esterification only removes water.

INCI nameSucrose Tristearate
CAS27923-63-3
FormulaC66H124O14 · 1141.7 Da
FunctionEmollient · Emulsifying Surfactant
FeedstockMade by esterifying sucrose from sugar cane or…

How we scored it

Ester of sucrose (natural sugar) and three stearic acid chains (natural fatty acid); built only from natural blocks, so 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 stearic acid from vegetable oil. No petrochemical fragment is introduced.

In plain English

An emollient and emulsifier made by combining sugar with a vegetable fatty acid. Both starting materials are plant-derived, simply joined together.

CosIng definition: Sucrose tristearate

Structure

2D structure of Sucrose Tristearate

[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[(2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(octadecanoyloxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl octadecanoate

PubChem CID 46218595 ↗

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 Tristearate. PubChem CID 46218595. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SUCROSE TRISTEARATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SUCROSE TRISTEARATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE%20TRISTEARATE