Database/Emulsifying Surfactant/PEG-10 Cocamine
Mostly petroleum · ISO 16128

Is PEG-10 Cocamine natural?

Mostly not. Ethoxylated fatty amine. The coconut alkyl chain is natural; the amine nitrogen comes from synthetic ammonia and the 10 ethylene-oxide units are petrochemical, as on the site's plain fatty-amine entries.

INCI namePEG-10 Cocamine
CAS61791-14-8
FunctionEmulsifying Surfactant · Cleansing Surfactant
FeedstockCoconut fatty amine (fatty nitrile hydrogenated with ammonia-derived…

How we scored it

Coco alkyl (lauryl proxy) chain C12H25 169.3 Da (natural) ; nitrogen 14.0 Da (synthetic ammonia, petrochemical as for the parent fatty amine) + 10×EO 440.5 Da + 2 terminal H (petrochemical ethylene oxide); total 625.9 Da → 169.3/625.9 = 0.27.
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 fatty amine (fatty nitrile hydrogenated with ammonia-derived nitrogen) reacted with about 10 mol of ethylene oxide.

In plain English

An emulsifying and cleansing ingredient made from coconut-derived fatty amine reacted with ethylene oxide, a petrochemical building block. Helps oil and water blend together in a formula.

CosIng definition: Amines, coco alkyl, ethoxylated (10 mol EO average molar ratio)

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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. 2PEG-10 COCAMINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PEG-10 COCAMINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PEG-10%20COCAMINE