Skin Conditioning
SORBITYL FURFURAL
Safety score · 0–100
Fine
Derived from EU CosIng regulatory status, PubChem hazard data and published research. How we score.
About
A sugar-derived furfural adduct — novel bio-based fragrance/conditioning material. Limited public data; prior perfect score corrected.
Sorbityl furfural is a reaction product of the sugar alcohol sorbitol with furfural (a 5-membered aromatic aldehyde from plant biomass). Used in some natural-positioned cosmetic formulas as a conditioning/fragrance material. Furfural itself is a mild GHS irritant and suspected carcinogen at high inhalation doses, but the sorbityl adduct is far less reactive. Limited public toxicology data is available for the adduct specifically. The prior score of 100 was unjustified for a poorly-characterised furfural derivative — rubric rules require defaulting down when data is thin.
Skin benefits
- Bio-derived conditioning material
- Sugar-chemistry origin
Known concerns
- Furfural-class aldehyde parentage
- Very limited ingredient-specific safety data
- Irritation potential not well characterised
References
EU CosIng database
European Commission cosmetic ingredient registry — regulatory status, restrictions, authorised functions.
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