Is sodium cocoyl glutamate made from coconut?
Sodium cocoyl glutamate is a mild cleanser made by joining the fatty acids of coconut oil to glutamic acid, an amino acid. “Cocoyl” is the coconut part. Disodium cocoyl glutamate is the same thing in a slightly different form.
It is common in facial cleansers, baby washes and products sold as natural or sulfate-free. Being mild on skin and being made from coconut are two separate things; this ingredient is both.
On a label: sodium cocoyl glutamate · disodium cocoyl glutamate · cocoyl glutamate · cocoil glutamato
Products we checked that contain it
1 of the 115 products in the registry. Each one read off the packet by a person, with the date.
Contains coconut (1)
The whole family: Cocoyl (sodium cocoyl isethionate, cocoyl glutamate…)
Related names: Sodium cocoyl isethionate · Sodium methyl cocoyl taurate
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