INCI Name: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
This is ingredient is both similar to and different from fractionated coconut oil. While fractionated coconut oil takes whole coconut oil and seperates out the light-weight, liquid triglycerides (C8-C10), MCT oil is made by starting with Glycerin then building C8 and C10 triglycerides in an ordered and controlled way.
Benefits: Carrier for flavours, fragrance (including essential oils) or colours, light-weight emollient, high stability, crystal clear.
Applications: Typical usage is between 1-100%.
This emollient is used to enhanse the performance of flavour, fragrance and/or colour additives helping boost their solubility and efficacy through a formula.
In addition it provides emollience to formulations and can help enhanse the performance of skin care actives. It is used as a natural solvent in many formulations and can also help prevent moisture loss in a formulation.
Origin: Vegetable (coconut or palm kernels) See this article for our position on Palm Oil and Sustainability.
Solubility: In mineral oil, vegetable oil and alcohol.Insoluble in water.
Coconut Oil and Its Fractions
Typical breakdown for illustrative purposes, our exact specifications may vary slightly | Fatty Acids | Relevance | |||
Coconut Oil Whole | Coconut Oil Refined | Fractionated Coconut Oil | MCT Oil | ||
C8 | Ultra-light fatty acid | 8 | <0.5 | 40-60 | 60-70 |
C10 | Light fatty acids | 7 | <3 | 40-60 | 30-40 |
C12 | 50 | 45 | 1.5 | 0 | |
C14 | Medium weight fatty acids | 20 | 25 | 0.5 | 0 |
C16 | Typical oily feel | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
C18:0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
C18:1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
C18:2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Unsaponifiables | May be grainy or solid at room temp | 0.2 | <2 | 0.5 | 0 |
Peroxide Value | This is the level of oxidation within the fat | <=2 | <=1 | <1 | 0 |
Iodine Value | This is a way to measure unsaturated fatty acids present | <=7 | <=11 | <=0.5 | 0 |
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