Database/Cleansing/Sodium Wheat Germamphoacetate
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Wheat Germamphoacetate natural?

Mostly. Wheat germ oil supplies the fatty chain and sodium is a mineral counter-ion, so both count as natural origin. The amphoacetate head, built from aminoethylethanolamine and chloroacetic acid, is petrochemical.

INCI nameSodium Wheat Germamphoacetate
FunctionCleansing · Foam Boosting Surfactant
FeedstockWheat germ oil fatty acids are amidated with…

How we scored it

With no formula supplied, an average C16-C18 wheat-germ fatty acyl group of about 250 Da was assumed. Natural origin is that acyl group plus the sodium counter-ion (22.99 Da) = 272.99 Da, against a petrochemical aminoethylethanolamine and chloroacetate backbone of about 162 Da. Total 435.2 Da, so 272.99/435.2 = 0.63.
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 germ oil fatty acids are amidated with aminoethylethanolamine, then reacted with sodium chloroacetate to form the amphoacetate. No formula was supplied, so the fatty acid distribution was estimated.

In plain English

A mild cleansing and conditioning surfactant made from wheat germ oil fatty acids combined with petrochemical amine and acetate groups, neutralized with sodium.

CosIng definition: Glycine, N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-(2-aminoethyl)-, N-wheat-germ-acyl derivs., sodium salts

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