Database/Cleansing/Disodium Lauroyl Glutamate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Disodium Lauroyl Glutamate natural?

Yes. Fatty chain, amino acid, and sodium counter-ion are all natural-origin; amide and salt formation add no petrochemical mass.

INCI nameDisodium Lauroyl Glutamate
CAS50622-20-3
FormulaC17H29NNa2O5 · 373.4 Da
FunctionCleansing · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockMade by amidating lauric acid from coconut or…

How we scored it

Amide of lauric acid (coconut/palm fatty acid) and glutamic acid (fermentation amino acid), disodium salt; built only from natural blocks, so 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

Made by amidating lauric acid from coconut or palm kernel oil with fermentation-derived glutamic acid, then neutralising with sodium hydroxide. No petrochemical fragment is introduced.

In plain English

A gentle, amino-acid-based cleansing surfactant. It's made by joining a coconut fatty acid to a fermentation-derived amino acid, then neutralising with a mineral salt.

Structure

2D structure of Disodium Lauroyl Glutamate

disodium;(2S)-2-(dodecanoylamino)pentanedioate

PubChem CID 11337766 ↗

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 Lauroyl Glutamate. PubChem CID 11337766. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3DISODIUM LAUROYL GLUTAMATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4DISODIUM LAUROYL GLUTAMATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DISODIUM%20LAUROYL%20GLUTAMATE