How we scored it
Palmitic acid (C16 oleochemical, natural) amide-bonded to glycine (amino acid, natural); both fragments natural → 1.0
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
Vegetable-oil-derived palmitic acid is coupled to fermentation-derived glycine by amide bond formation. No petrochemical route is used.
In plain English
A cleansing and conditioning ingredient made from a plant-oil fatty acid joined to the amino acid glycine. Both building blocks are natural, combined together during manufacture.
Structure
2-(hexadecanoylamino)acetic acid
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.
- 2Palmitoyl Glycine. PubChem CID 151008. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3PALMITOYL GLYCINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4PALMITOYL GLYCINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PALMITOYL%20GLYCINE