How we scored it
Where it comes from
Manufactured by reacting sodium chloroacetate with methylamine, both petrochemical-derived. A minor fermentation route exists but is not commercially dominant for cosmetic sarcosine.
In plain English
An amino-acid-derived conditioning ingredient typically manufactured from petrochemical building blocks (chloroacetic acid and methylamine). Used in skincare for mild conditioning and as a precursor to some cleansing agents.
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Structure
2-(methylamino)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.
- 2Sarcosine. PubChem CID 1088. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3SARCOSINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4SARCOSINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SARCOSINE