Does Decyl / lauryl / caprylyl glucoside come from coconut?

Nobody can tell you from the label.This ingredient can be made from coconut, from palm kernel, or from another plant entirely, and the label does not say which. That is why products containing it are marked “can’t be verified” rather than cleared — we don’t fill in the blank, we ask the company and publish what they say.

Gentle cleansers whose fatty alcohol may come from coconut or palm kernel.

More often than not, this one turns out to be coconut or palm kernel, so it holds a product’s verdict open on its own.

Also written as: decyl glucoside · lauryl glucoside · caprylyl/capryl glucoside · caprylyl glucoside · decil glucósido · lauril glucósido · caprilil glucósido

Products we checked that contain it

4 of the 115 products in the registry. Each one read off the packet by a person, with the date.

Contains coconut (3)

Can’t be verified (1)

Express Aclara Noche Booster Sérum 10% Vitamina C (30 ml) · GarnierCoconut or palm: Glycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Caprylyl/Capryl GlucosideChecked September 2026

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Does Decyl / lauryl / caprylyl glucoside come from coconut?

Products we checked that contain it

✕ Contains coconut (3)

! Can’t be verified (1)

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Contains coconut (3)

Can’t be verified (1)