Database/Humectant/Sucrose
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sucrose natural?

Yes. Table sugar extracted directly from sugarcane or sugar beet with no synthetic step.

INCI nameSucrose
CAS57-50-1
FormulaC12H22O11 · 342.30 Da
FunctionHumectant · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted and crystallised from sugarcane or sugar beet…

How we scored it

Single natural disaccharide extracted unchanged from plants; no synthetic fragment. 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

Extracted and crystallised from sugarcane or sugar beet juice by pressing, purification and crystallisation. No petrochemical synthesis route exists.

In plain English

Ordinary table sugar, used in cosmetics as a humectant and gentle exfoliant. Extracted directly from sugarcane or sugar beet through pressing and crystallisation, with no chemical synthesis involved.

Structure

2D structure of Sucrose

(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

PubChem CID 5988 ↗

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. PubChem CID 5988. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SUCROSE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SUCROSE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SUCROSE