Sucrose Stearate ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a nonionic emulsifier and co-emulsifier, mainly used to build and stabilize oil-in-water creams, lotions, and milk cleansers. It also helps soften skin feel and improve spread without relying on strong surfactant character.
What does Sucrose Stearate do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a nonionic emulsifier and co-emulsifier, mainly used to build and stabilize oil-in-water creams, lotions, and milk cleansers. It also helps soften skin feel and improve spread without relying on strong surfactant character.
Is Sucrose Stearate clean?
It is generally well tolerated, with low irritation potential compared with many cleansing surfactants. Clean-beauty frameworks typically view it as unproblematic when residual solvents, catalyst traces, and fatty-acid sourcing are well controlled.
Is Sucrose Stearate sustainable?
This material is commonly made from plant-derived carbohydrate and fatty-acid feedstocks, though the fatty-acid portion may come from palm, coconut, or other vegetable oils. It is expected to be biodegradable and does not raise persistence or bioaccumulation concerns in typical personal-care use.
Is Sucrose Stearate COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic when produced from approved natural-origin feedstocks and allowed esterification processes. Its Green Chemistry fit is strong because it can use renewable inputs, mild processing, and a biodegradable molecular design.
How does Sucrose Stearate work chemically?
The molecule is a nonionic amphiphile, with a hydrophilic carbohydrate head group esterified to a saturated C18 fatty-acid chain, and commercial grades vary by monoester and diester content. Typical use levels are about 0.5 to 5 percent, with best performance in mild pH systems and reduced stability under strongly acidic or alkaline conditions where ester hydrolysis can increase.
Last updated 2026-05-13