Oryza Sativa Bran Cera / Rice Bran Wax ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a structuring agent and thickener for sticks, balms, creams, and anhydrous formulas. It adds hardness, slip control, payoff, and film integrity without acting as a preservative or active treatment ingredient.
What does Oryza Sativa Bran Cera / Rice Bran Wax do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a structuring agent and thickener for sticks, balms, creams, and anhydrous formulas. It adds hardness, slip control, payoff, and film integrity without acting as a preservative or active treatment ingredient.
Is Oryza Sativa Bran Cera / Rice Bran Wax clean?
Clean-beauty frameworks generally treat this ingredient as low-friction, with low irritation and sensitization potential. The main quality questions are refinement level and residual processing traces rather than the molecule itself.
Is Oryza Sativa Bran Cera / Rice Bran Wax sustainable?
This material is plant-derived and commonly sourced from an agricultural it oil refining stream, which supports byproduct use. It is readily biodegradable and is not associated with environmental persistence, though agricultural inputs vary by supplier and region.
Is Oryza Sativa Bran Cera / Rice Bran Wax COSMOS-approved?
It is generally permitted under COSMOS-natural and may be used in COSMOS-organic products when the source and processing meet certification requirements. It fits Green Chemistry well because it is renewable, biodegradable, and typically processed with conventional physical refining steps rather than complex synthetic chemistry.
How does Oryza Sativa Bran Cera / Rice Bran Wax work chemically?
This ingredient is a solid lipid mixture dominated by long-chain fatty acid esters, fatty alcohols, hydrocarbons, and minor free fatty acids, with a typical melting range around 77 to 86°C. It is water-insoluble, oil-dispersible when heated, commonly used around 0.5 to 10% depending on stick hardness or viscosity goals, and is generally stable in anhydrous systems.
Last updated 2026-05-13