How we scored it
Octanoyl (caprylic acid C8, natural fatty acid) amide of glutamate (fermentation amino acid), sodium salt (natural mineral counter-ion) — amide/salt built only from natural building blocks = 1.0.
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
Made by condensing coconut-derived caprylic (octanoic) acid with fermentation-derived glutamic acid, then neutralising with sodium. No petrochemical route is used commercially.
In plain English
A mild cleansing agent made by combining coconut-derived fatty acid with the amino acid glutamate. Used as a gentle surfactant in cleansers and deodorants.
CosIng definition: Sodium hydrogen N-octanoyl glutamate
Structure
sodium;hydron;(2S)-2-(octanoylamino)pentanedioate
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.
- 2Sodium Capryloyl Glutamate. PubChem CID 71587442. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3SODIUM CAPRYLOYL GLUTAMATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4SODIUM CAPRYLOYL GLUTAMATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20CAPRYLOYL%20GLUTAMATE