Database/Cleansing/Disodium Tallowamphodiacetate
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Disodium Tallowamphodiacetate natural?

Mostly. Natural tallow fatty acid amide core carries two petrochemical carboxymethyl arms from chloroacetic acid on a petrochemical amine backbone.

INCI nameDisodium Tallowamphodiacetate
CAS93804-76-3
FunctionCleansing · Foam Boosting Surfactant
FeedstockTallow, rendered animal fat, fatty acid reacts with…

How we scored it

Tallow acyl natural (267.5) + 2 Na (46.0) = 313.5 natural; AEEA backbone + 2 chloroacetate petrochemical = 217.2; total 530.7, matching the given formula C26H48N2Na2O6 -> 0.59.
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

Tallow, rendered animal fat, fatty acid reacts with petrochemical aminoethylethanolamine, then twice with chloroacetic acid, and is neutralized with sodium hydroxide. The given formula C26H48N2Na2O6 (530.6 Da) exactly matches this structure.

In plain English

A gentle, foam-boosting cleansing ingredient made from animal fat (tallow) combined with petrochemical building blocks and sodium; used in shampoos and baby washes.

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