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100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Arginine Aspartate natural?

Yes. Arginine and aspartic acid are both commercially produced by microbial fermentation, so the whole salt is natural origin.

INCI nameArginine Aspartate
CAS7675-83-4
FormulaC10H21N5O6 · 307.30 Da
FunctionHair Conditioning · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockBoth amino acids are produced by large-scale microbial…

How we scored it

1:1 salt of arginine and aspartic acid, both fermentation-derived amino acids; 1.0 per amino-acid convention.
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

Both amino acids are produced by large-scale microbial fermentation of plant-derived sugars. They are combined as a 1:1 salt with no further synthetic modification.

In plain English

A salt of two amino acids, arginine and aspartic acid, both made by fermenting plant sugars. Used in hair and skin care to condition and moisturise.

Structure

2D structure of Arginine Aspartate

(2S)-2-aminobutanedioic acid;(2S)-2-amino-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoic acid

PubChem CID 11500504 ↗

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. 2Arginine Aspartate. PubChem CID 11500504. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ARGININE ASPARTATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ARGININE ASPARTATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARGININE%20ASPARTATE