Database/Antistatic/Cocamine Oxide
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Cocamine Oxide natural?

Mostly. The coconut-derived alkyl chain is natural; the dimethylamine oxide head group is made from petrochemical methylamine.

INCI nameCocamine Oxide
CAS61788-90-7
FunctionAntistatic · Cleansing
FeedstockCocamine Oxide is made by reacting coconut or…

How we scored it

Coco alkyl chain (~C12 lauryl, natural) 169.3 Da + dimethylamine-oxide head group (petrochemical) 60.1 Da; total 229.4 Da. 169.3/229.4=0.74 (lauryl used as representative coco chain).
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

Cocamine Oxide is made by reacting coconut or palm-kernel fatty amine with petrochemical dimethylamine, then oxidising the nitrogen. Chain length varies across the natural coco distribution (C8-C18), so this is a representative estimate.

In plain English

A mild foaming and conditioning surfactant made from coconut oil fatty chains combined with a synthetic amine oxide group. Roughly three-quarters of its weight traces back to coconut oil.

CosIng definition: Amines, coco alkyldimethyl, N-oxides

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