How we scored it
Wheat amino acids (protein hydrolysate) + coco fatty acyl (coconut) + Na, all 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
Wheat protein is hydrolysed to amino acids, then acylated with coconut fatty acid and neutralised with sodium hydroxide. No petrochemical route is used commercially.
In plain English
A gentle cleansing ingredient made by combining coconut oil fatty acids with amino acids from wheat protein. Used in shampoos and washes to cleanse and condition hair and skin.
CosIng definition: Aminoacids, wheat, N-coco acyl derivs., sodium salts
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 COCOYL WHEAT AMINO ACIDS. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SODIUM COCOYL WHEAT AMINO ACIDS. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20COCOYL%20WHEAT%20AMINO%20ACIDS