Database/Anticaking/Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer natural?

No. Both monomers, acrylate and acryloyldimethyl taurate, are petrochemical-derived synthetic building blocks with no natural-origin fragment.

INCI nameSodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
FunctionAnticaking · Emulsion Stabilising
FeedstockManufactured by free-radical copolymerisation of petrochemical acrylic-acid-derived and…

How we scored it

Copolymer of sodium acrylate (petrochemical acrylate) and sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate (synthetic acrylamide-sulfonate monomer); both monomers petrochemical, giving 0.0.
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

Manufactured by free-radical copolymerisation of petrochemical acrylic-acid-derived and taurine-modified acrylamide monomers. No natural-origin route exists for either monomer.

In plain English

A synthetic thickening polymer that helps gels and lotions hold their texture. Built entirely from petrochemical building blocks, similar to the well-known thickener carbomer.

CosIng definition: Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer is a copolymer of sodium acrylate and sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate monomers

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