Database/Antistatic/Almondamidopropyl Betaine
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Almondamidopropyl Betaine natural?

Mostly. Almond oil fatty acids (mostly oleic) are natural; the dimethylaminopropylamine linker and the chloroacetate-derived glycinate group are petrochemical.

INCI nameAlmondamidopropyl Betaine
CAS165586-98-1
FunctionAntistatic · Cleansing
FeedstockSweet almond oil fatty acids are amidated with…

How we scored it

Oleoyl C18H33O 265.5 natural; amidopropyl-dimethyl-glycinate C7H15N2O2 159.2 petrochemical (DMAPA, chloroacetate); 265.5 / 424.7 = 0.63.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Sweet almond oil fatty acids are amidated with DMAPA and quaternised with sodium chloroacetate, as for cocamidopropyl betaine. Oleoyl is taken as the representative acyl group.

In plain English

A foaming and conditioning surfactant used in shampoos and washes. Its fatty part comes from almond oil; the rest of the molecule is made from petrochemical building blocks.

CosIng definition: Almondamidopropyl dimethyl glycine

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References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2ALMONDAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ALMONDAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ALMONDAMIDOPROPYL%20BETAINE