Database/Cleansing/Disodium Cocamido MIPA-Sulfosuccinate
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Disodium Cocamido MIPA-Sulfosuccinate natural?

Mostly. The coconut fatty amide is natural, and the sulfonate and sodium ions are mineral, so all three count as natural origin, in line with the other sulfosuccinate entries. The isopropanolamine linker and the maleic-anhydride-derived succinate backbone are petrochemical.

INCI nameDisodium Cocamido MIPA-Sulfosuccinate
CAS68515-65-1
FunctionCleansing · Foaming
FeedstockCoconut fatty acid is condensed with isopropanolamine, esterified…

How we scored it

Taking the lauric-dominant structure C19H33NNa2O8S, 481.52 Da: natural origin is the coco acyl group C12H23O (183.31 Da) plus the sulfonate SO3 (80.06 Da) plus the two sodium counter-ions (45.98 Da) = 309.35 Da. Petrochemical is the isopropanolamine bridge (73.10 Da) and the succinate core (99.06 Da) = 172.16 Da. So 309.35/481.52 = 0.64.
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

Coconut fatty acid is condensed with isopropanolamine, esterified with sulfosuccinic acid made from maleic anhydride, and neutralised with sodium. No formula was supplied, so the mass split comes from the typical coco-MIPA sulfosuccinate structure.

In plain English

A mild, foam-boosting cleansing ingredient used in shampoos and washes. It combines a fatty amide from coconut oil with a synthetic sulfosuccinate group, then is neutralised to a sodium salt.

CosIng definition: Butanedioic acid, sulfo-, C-(2-coco amido-1-methylethyl) esters, disodium salts

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