Database/Antistatic/Ammonium Acrylates Copolymer
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Ammonium Acrylates Copolymer natural?

No. Polyacrylate/polymethacrylate backbone comes from petrochemical acrylic and methacrylic acid monomers regardless of the ammonium salt form.

INCI nameAmmonium Acrylates Copolymer
FunctionAntistatic · Binding
FeedstockAmmonium Acrylates Copolymer is a thickening polymer built…

How we scored it

Backbone is acrylic/methacrylic acid or their esters, both petrochemical; ammonium counter-ion is not a listed natural counter-ion → 0.0
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

Ammonium Acrylates Copolymer is a thickening polymer built from acrylic acid and methacrylic acid or their esters, both produced from petrochemical propylene/isobutylene feedstocks and neutralized with ammonia. There is no natural-origin route in commercial use.

In plain English

A thickening and film-forming polymer used to give lotions and styling products body. It is built entirely from synthetic, petroleum-based building blocks similar to those used in acrylic plastics and paints.

CosIng definition: 2-Methyl-2-propenoic acid, polymer with 2-propenoic acid or one or more of their simple esters, ammonium salts

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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. 2AMMONIUM ACRYLATES COPOLYMER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3AMMONIUM ACRYLATES COPOLYMER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AMMONIUM%20ACRYLATES%20COPOLYMER