Database/Cleansing/Disodium PEG-4 Cocamido MIPA-Sulfosuccinate
Mostly petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Disodium PEG-4 Cocamido MIPA-Sulfosuccinate natural?

Mostly not. Coconut oil gives the acyl chain; sulfonate and sodium are mineral; monoisopropanolamine (propylene oxide plus ammonia), ethylene oxide and maleic-anhydride-derived succinate are petrochemical.

INCI nameDisodium PEG-4 Cocamido MIPA-Sulfosuccinate
FunctionCleansing · Foam Boosting Surfactant
FeedstockCoconut fatty acid is amidated with monoisopropanolamine, ethoxylated…

How we scored it

Natural: lauroyl C12H23O 183.3 + SO3 80.1 + 2 Na 46.0 = 309.4. Petrochemical: isopropanolamide linker 73.1 + 4 EO 176.2 + succinate C4H3O3 99.1 = 348.4. 309.4 / 657.7 = 0.47.
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 amidated with monoisopropanolamine, ethoxylated with 4 EO, esterified with maleic anhydride and sulfonated with sodium sulfite. No natural-origin substitute for the ethoxy, amine or succinate units is in commercial use.

In plain English

A foaming cleansing surfactant for shampoos and body washes, made from coconut fatty acid joined to a short ethoxylated amine chain and a sulfonated succinate group. The fatty acid is plant-derived; the ethoxy, amine and succinate parts are petrochemical.

CosIng definition: Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-3-carboxy-1-oxosulfopropyl-.omega.-(3-amino-2-methylethoxy)-, N-coco-acyl derivatives, disodium salts (4 mol EO average molar ratio)

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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 PEG-4 COCAMIDO MIPA-SULFOSUCCINATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3DISODIUM PEG-4 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%20PEG-4%20COCAMIDO%20MIPA-SULFOSUCCINATE