Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is used mainly as a humectant and skin-conditioning agent, helping formulas hold water and feel smoother on skin or hair. It can also support texture in gels, creams, and rinse-off products.
What does Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is used mainly as a humectant and skin-conditioning agent, helping formulas hold water and feel smoother on skin or hair. It can also support texture in gels, creams, and rinse-off products.
Is Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate clean?
It is generally well tolerated, not a common cosmetic allergen, and has little clean-standard friction. The main quality consideration is routine control of residual processing aids from manufacture.
Is Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate sustainable?
This material is usually made from renewable plant it sources such as corn, wheat, potato, or tapioca. It is expected to be readily biodegradable, with sustainability depending mostly on crop sourcing, agricultural inputs, and processing energy.
Is Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate COSMOS-approved?
It is generally permitted under COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic when made from accepted plant feedstocks with compliant processing aids. Its profile fits Green Chemistry reasonably well because it uses renewable carbohydrate feedstock and has favorable biodegradability, although catalytic hydrogenation adds processing complexity.
How does Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate work chemically?
The molecule is a mixture of reduced carbohydrate polyols produced by hydrolyzing it and converting reactive carbonyl groups into alcohol groups. It is nonvolatile, water-soluble, typically used around 1 to 10%, stable across normal cosmetic pH ranges, and less prone to browning reactions than unreduced carbohydrates.
Last updated 2026-05-13