Database/Antistatic/Ammonium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Ammonium Lauroyl Sarcosinate natural?

Mostly. Only the coconut-derived lauroyl chain is natural origin; sarcosine is made synthetically and the ammonium comes from synthetic ammonia.

INCI nameAmmonium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
CAS68003-46-3
FormulaC15H32N2O3 · 288.43 Da
FunctionAntistatic · Cleansing
FeedstockLauric acid from coconut oil acylated onto synthetic…

How we scored it

Lauroyl C12H23O 183.3 Da (coconut, natural); sarcosinate C3H6NO2 88.1 Da (chloroacetic acid + methylamine, petrochemical); NH4 18.0 Da (synthetic ammonia, petrochemical) = 289.4 Da; 183.3/289.4 = 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

Lauric acid from coconut oil acylated onto synthetic sarcosine, neutralised with ammonia.

In plain English

A mild, foaming cleansing surfactant combining coconut-derived fatty acid with a small amino-acid-like molecule, as the ammonium salt. Found in shampoos and facial cleansers for gentle foam.

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Structure

2D structure of Ammonium Lauroyl Sarcosinate

azane;2-[dodecanoyl(methyl)amino]acetic acid

PubChem CID 106358 ↗

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 Lauroyl Sarcosinate. PubChem CID 106358. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3AMMONIUM LAUROYL SARCOSINATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4AMMONIUM LAUROYL SARCOSINATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AMMONIUM%20LAUROYL%20SARCOSINATE