Database/Film Forming/AMP-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is AMP-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer natural?

No. Every monomer, AMP, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and allyl methacrylate, is a petrochemical building block with no natural fragment.

INCI nameAMP-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer
FunctionFilm Forming · Hair Fixing
FeedstockManufactured by free-radical copolymerisation of allyl methacrylate with…

How we scored it

AMP (synthetic amine), acrylic/methacrylic acid and allyl methacrylate are all petrochemical monomers; no natural fragment is present, so 0/total = 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

Manufactured by free-radical copolymerisation of allyl methacrylate with acrylic and methacrylic monomers, then neutralised with synthetic aminomethylpropanol. All raw materials are petrochemical, with no natural alternative route.

In plain English

A film-forming ingredient used in hair-styling products to help hold style in place. It is built entirely from synthetic, petroleum-derived acrylate building blocks.

CosIng definition: Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer is the aminomethylpropanol salt of a copolymer of allyl methacrylate and one or more monomers consisting of acrylic acid, metacrylic acid or one of their simple esters

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