Hydrogenated Vegetable ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is primarily an emollient and structuring agent, adding cushion, occlusivity, and body to balms, sticks, creams, and anhydrous formulas.
What does Hydrogenated Vegetable do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is primarily an emollient and structuring agent, adding cushion, occlusivity, and body to balms, sticks, creams, and anhydrous formulas.
Is Hydrogenated Vegetable clean?
It is generally well tolerated, with low irritation potential and little clean-standard friction when made from cosmetic-grade plant feedstocks. The main quality considerations are source transparency and control of residual catalysts from processing.
Is Hydrogenated Vegetable sustainable?
This material is plant-derived, though its footprint depends on the crop source, such as palm, soy, or rapeseed, and the supplier’s traceability practices. It is expected to be biodegradable and is less prone to rancidity than more unsaturated oils.
Is Hydrogenated Vegetable COSMOS-approved?
It can be permitted under COSMOS-natural or COSMOS-organic when the plant feedstock and processing route meet the standard’s requirements. From a Green Chemistry view, it scores well for renewable sourcing and biodegradability, with a processing caveat because saturation is typically achieved by catalytic hydrogenation.
How does Hydrogenated Vegetable work chemically?
The molecule profile is a blend of triglycerides whose double bonds have been converted to more saturated chains, raising melting point and improving oxidative stability. It is usually used in the oil phase at low single-digit levels for texture or higher levels in sticks and balms, and it is broadly stable because it is not meaningfully pH-dependent.
Last updated 2026-05-15