How we scored it
Where it comes from
Ammonium sulfate is made by neutralizing sulfuric acid (mineral) with ammonia, which is industrially synthesized from natural gas via the Haber-Bosch process. This is an inference from this site's urea/allantoin convention rather than an explicit rule for this ingredient.
In plain English
A mineral salt used as an electrolyte to adjust thickness in cosmetic formulas. It is made by combining ammonia, which is manufactured from natural gas, with mineral sulfate.
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Structure
diazanium;sulfate
References
- 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.
- 2Ammonium Sulfate. PubChem CID 6097028. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3AMMONIUM SULFATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4AMMONIUM SULFATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AMMONIUM%20SULFATE