Is Tocopheryl Ferulate natural?

This ingredient is made commercially by more than one route, and ISO 16128 scores the feedstock actually used. Without a supplier certificate of origin the value cannot be claimed.

Dominant route is presumed synthetic because dl-alpha-tocopherol supplies most vitamin E and synthetic ferulic acid is common, but actual supply is unclear. A natural route uses soy-derived d-alpha-tocopherol with rice-bran ferulic acid.

An antioxidant ester that joins vitamin E (tocopherol) to ferulic acid, a compound found in rice bran and other plants. Vitamin E can come from soybean oil or be synthesised, and ferulic acid can be extracted from rice bran or made from vanillin.

CosIng definition: Tocopheryl Ferulate is the ester of Tocopherol and Ferulic Acid