Database/Antistatic/Sodium Lauroyl Hydrolyzed Silk
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Lauroyl Hydrolyzed Silk natural?

Yes. Silk protein hydrolysate combined with coconut-derived lauric acid and sodium; every fragment traces to an animal, plant or mineral feedstock.

INCI nameSodium Lauroyl Hydrolyzed Silk
FunctionAntistatic · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockMade by hydrolysing silk protein and acylating it…

How we scored it

Hydrolyzed silk protein (natural) acylated with lauric acid (C12, coconut-derived, natural); sodium is a natural mineral ion. 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 hydrolysing silk protein and acylating it with lauric acid from coconut oil, then neutralising with sodium. All feedstocks are natural.

In plain English

A conditioning ingredient made from silk protein and coconut fatty acid. Used in hair and skin products to help condition and reduce static.

CosIng definition: Protein hydolyzates, silk, dodecanoyl derivatives, sodium salts

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