Database/Hair Conditioning/Polyacrylate-7
Mostly petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Polyacrylate-7 natural?

Mostly not. Only the chloride counter-ion and the sulfonic-acid group of AMPS are natural; the acrylate, acrylamide and ammonium fragments are petrochemical.

INCI namePolyacrylate-7
CAS243140-33-2
FunctionHair Conditioning · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockA copolymer of petrochemical acrylate, acrylamide and sulfonic-acid…

How we scored it

4 monomers, ratios unspecified: quat-acrylate Cl natural~0.18; acrylic acid=0; acrylamide=0; AMPS SO3H natural~0.39. Unweighted mean ~0.14.
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

A copolymer of petrochemical acrylate, acrylamide and sulfonic-acid monomers. Monomer ratios are not disclosed, so the value is an estimate.

In plain English

A synthetic copolymer combining several acrylate and sulfonic-acid based monomers, used to condition hair and skin and help formulas hold together.

CosIng definition: Copolymer of 2-acryloylethyltrimethylammonium chloride, acrylic acid, acrylamide, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid

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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. 2POLYACRYLATE-7. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3POLYACRYLATE-7. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYACRYLATE-7