Elaeis guineensis oil (inci)

Dark yellow fat with a buttery smell and sweet taste, which is obtained by pressing the flesh of the palm fruit.

Glycerides of palmitic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid; also carotene and free fatty acids.

Palm oil is used in many cosmetic formulations. In the cosmetic industry it is one of the most used cosmetic base products.

Palm oil is also used in technical products and in everyday products (e.g. in candles).

Palm oil is a popular and easily digestible edible oil.

The word "palm oil" is not always used in a product information but alternative designations which do not make the reference to palm oil obvious. Names such as "sodium lauryl sulfoacetate", "cetyl palmitate" or simply "vegetable oil" or "vegetable oil" are common (see under references). The list there provides an overview of frequently used designations for palm oil products).

Names under which palm oil is used in cosmetic products:

1. palm oil
2. arachmid mea
3. Ascorbyl palmitate
4. Betaine
5. capric triglycerides
6. capryl glucosides
7. caprylic triglycerides
8. caprylyl glucosides
9. Cetearyl alcohol
10. cetearyl glucosides
11. cetyl alcohol
12. cetyl palmitate
13. Elaeis Guineensis
14. Emulsifiers E471
15. emulsifying wax
16. Fatty alcohol sulphates
17. Fatty acid methyl esters ethoxylates
18. Fatty alcohols (often in the German declaration of "Cetearyl Alkohol")
19. Fatty acid glyceride
20. Glycerol* (for vegan products made from coconut or palm oil)
21. Glycerol fatty acid ester
22. glyceryl caprylate
23. glyceryl laurate
24. glyceryl stearate
25. Glyceryl stearate citrates
26. Glyceryl stearate/acetaee
27. Hydrated Palm Glycerides
28. Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil 30
29. Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides
30. Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrates
31. Isopropyl Octyl Palmitate
32. isoamyl laurate
33. Lauroyl Lysine
34. Lauroyl Sarcosine
35. lauryl glucosides
36. Magnesium stearates
37. Myristol
38. Myristyl Alcohol
39. Myristyl Myristates
40. oleyl betaine
41. palmitic acid
42. Palm Oil Kernal
43. palm olein
44. Palm oil
45. palm sterols
46. Palmates: means salts/esters of fatty acids which are extracted from palm oil.
47. Palmitates: means salts/esters of palmitic acid.
48. Palmitic acid
49. Palm kernel oil
50. PEG-100 stearates
51. peptide complex
52. vegetable fat/vegetable fat
53. vegetable oil/vegetable oil
54. vegetable glycerine (is possibly also extracted from coconut oil!)
55. polyglyceryl 2-caprate
56. Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
57. Dodecyl sulphates (also SDS or NaDS)
58. Sodium Cetearyl Sulfates
59. Sodium coco sulphates (often produced from palm oil)
60. Sodium dodecyl sulphate
61. Sodium isostearoyl lactylates
62. Sodium lauroyl lactylates
63. Sodium laureth sulphate
64. Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate /SLSA* (mostly derived from coconut oil, but can also be produced with palm oil)
65. Sodium lauryl sulphate* (may also be produced from castor oil)
66. Sodium Palmate
67. Sodium Palm Kernelate
68. Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
69. Sorbitan Caprylate
70. Steareth -2
71. Steareth -20
72. steareth-21
73. stearic acid
74. Stearic acid