Database/Antistatic/Quaternium-79 Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Quaternium-79 Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein natural?

Mostly. Wheat protein hydrolysate and the C16-C18 fatty acyl groups are natural; the DMAPA-derived quaternizing linker is petrochemical.

INCI nameQuaternium-79 Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
FunctionAntistatic · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockHydrolysed wheat protein is N-acylated with tallow or…

How we scored it

Assumed ~1000 Da wheat peptide (natural) + C16/C18 fatty acyl ~239 Da (natural) vs hydroxypropyl-DMAPA quat linker ~130 Da (petrochemical) = 1239/1369 = 0.90
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

Hydrolysed wheat protein is N-acylated with tallow or vegetable-derived C16-C18 fatty acids and quaternized with a petrochemical hydroxypropyl-DMAPA linker. The protein and fatty acyl groups dominate the mass.

In plain English

A wheat protein broken into smaller pieces, combined with fatty acid chains and given a mild positive charge, used to condition hair and skin. Mostly natural, with a small synthetic linking group.

CosIng definition: Protein hydrolyzates, wheat (Triticum vulgare), 2-hydroxy-3-((3-aminopropyl)dimethylammonio)propyl derivatives, N-(1-oxohexadecyl, 1-oxo-9-(Z)-hexadecenyl and 1-oxo-9-(Z)-octadecenyl) derivatives, chlorides

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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. 2QUATERNIUM-79 HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3QUATERNIUM-79 HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=QUATERNIUM-79%20HYDROLYZED%20WHEAT%20PROTEIN