How we scored it
Lauryl glucoside 348.5 (coco alcohol 186 + glucose 180 - water 18) + citric acid 192.1 - water 18.0 + 2 Na replacing 2 H (+44) = 566.6; all natural, 1.0.
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
Dominant route glycosylates coconut or palm kernel fatty alcohol with glucose from starch, then esterifies with fermentation citric acid and neutralises with sodium hydroxide. Petrochemical Ziegler fatty alcohols exist (supplier note) but cosmetic grades are normally oleochemical.
In plain English
A cleansing and emulsifying ingredient made from coconut fatty alcohol joined to glucose (coco-glucoside) and linked to citric acid, with sodium as the salt. Coconut oil, plant sugar and fermented citric acid supply all of it.
CosIng definition: D-Glucose, homopolymer, coco-alkyl ether, monoester with 1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, disodium salt
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.
- 2DISODIUM COCO-GLUCOSIDE CITRATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3DISODIUM COCO-GLUCOSIDE CITRATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DISODIUM%20COCO-GLUCOSIDE%20CITRATE