Oryza Sativa Cera ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a structuring and thickening wax that gives balms, sticks, creams, and anhydrous formulas firmness, slip, and heat resistance. It also helps stabilize oil phases and improve payoff in color cosmetics.
What does Oryza Sativa Cera do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a structuring and thickening wax that gives balms, sticks, creams, and anhydrous formulas firmness, slip, and heat resistance. It also helps stabilize oil phases and improve payoff in color cosmetics.
Is Oryza Sativa Cera clean?
This ingredient is generally well tolerated and has little clean-standard friction when it is properly refined. Sensitivity is uncommon, though trace plant residues can matter for very reactive skin.
Is Oryza Sativa Cera sustainable?
This material is plant-derived and commonly recovered from a grain-bran oil stream, which supports efficient use of an agricultural byproduct. It is biodegradable and has low persistence concerns compared with synthetic film-forming polymers.
Is Oryza Sativa Cera COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted in COSMOS-natural formulas, and can fit COSMOS-organic formulas when the agricultural feedstock and processing meet certification requirements. Its renewable origin, physical refining pathway, and biodegradability align well with Green Chemistry principles.
How does Oryza Sativa Cera work chemically?
The molecule profile is a complex blend of long-chain fatty acid esters, fatty alcohols, hydrocarbons, and minor sterol components, giving it a high melting range around 75 to 85°C. Typical use is about 1 to 10% for thickening and stick structure, and it is insoluble in water, oil-dispersible when melted, and most stable in anhydrous or low-water systems.
Last updated 2026-05-16