Database/Antistatic/Lauramidopropyl Betaine
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Lauramidopropyl Betaine natural?

Mostly. The C12 acyl chain is coconut-derived; the amidopropyl betaine head group comes from petrochemical dimethylaminopropylamine and sodium chloroacetate, so just over half the mass is natural origin.

INCI nameLauramidopropyl Betaine
CAS4292-10-8
FormulaC19H38N2O3 · 342.5 Da
FunctionAntistatic · Cleansing
FeedstockCoconut or palm-kernel lauric acid amidated with DMAPA…

How we scored it

Lauroyl C12H23O 183 Da (coconut lauric acid, natural); dimethylaminopropyl + carboxymethyl head group C7H15N2O2 159 Da (petrochemical DMAPA and chloroacetate) → 183 / 342 = 0.54.
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 or palm-kernel lauric acid amidated with DMAPA and quaternised with sodium chloroacetate, the same chemistry as cocamidopropyl betaine.

In plain English

A mild foaming cleanser ingredient used in shampoos and body washes to soften harsher surfactants. Its fatty part comes from coconut oil; the small charged head group is made from petrochemicals.

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Structure

2D structure of Lauramidopropyl Betaine

2-[3-(dodecanoylamino)propyl-dimethylazaniumyl]acetate

PubChem CID 20280 ↗

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. 2Lauramidopropyl Betaine. PubChem CID 20280. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3LAURAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4LAURAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LAURAMIDOPROPYL%20BETAINE