How we scored it
Where it comes from
Made by amidating palm or palm-kernel-derived palmitic acid with diethanolamine (DEA), manufactured from petrochemical ethylene oxide and ammonia. No alternative natural route exists for the DEA portion.
In plain English
A foam-boosting, thickening ingredient made from palm-derived palmitic acid combined with a synthetic amine from ethylene oxide. About 70% of its weight comes from the fatty acid.
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Structure
N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)hexadecanamide
References
- 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.
- 2Palmitamide DEA. PubChem CID 82046. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3PALMITAMIDE DEA. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4PALMITAMIDE DEA. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PALMITAMIDE%20DEA