Database/Antistatic/Ditallowdimonium Chloride
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Ditallowdimonium Chloride natural?

Mostly. Two tallow fatty chains and nitrogen form the bulk of the mass; only the two N-methyl groups trace to petrochemical methyl chloride.

INCI nameDitallowdimonium Chloride
CAS68783-78-8
FunctionAntistatic · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockMade by methylating ditallow fatty amine (from tallow…

How we scored it

Ditallow fatty-amine core (~C17-18 x2, oleochemical; ammonia reagent ignored) 557 Da natural incl. Cl- counter-ion, vs 2 N-methyl groups from methyl chloride 30 Da petrochemical. 557/587=0.95.
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 methylating ditallow fatty amine (from tallow fatty acid, an animal-fat oleochemical) with methyl chloride. Chain length varies with the tallow fatty-acid blend used.

In plain English

A hair-conditioning ingredient made from beef/mutton tallow fat, with two small methyl groups added by a chemical reaction. Mostly derived from animal fat.

CosIng definition: Quaternary ammonium compounds, dimethylditallow alkyl, chlorides

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