How we scored it
Where it comes from
The fatty acid is derived from vegetable or animal fat (stearic acid), condensed with 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP). AMP itself is manufactured via petrochemical nitroparaffin chemistry.
In plain English
A foam-boosting, thickening ingredient made by combining a plant/animal-derived fatty acid with a synthetic amino-alcohol (AMP).
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Structure
N-(1-hydroxy-2-methylpropan-2-yl)octadecanamide
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.
- 2Stearamide AMP. PubChem CID 13410460. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3STEARAMIDE AMP. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4STEARAMIDE AMP. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=STEARAMIDE%20AMP