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Sodium Cocoyl Alaninate
Sodium Cocoyl Alaninate
A cleanser made from coconut fatty acids and alanine.
What it does
It’s alanine, an amino acid, joined to fatty acids from coconut oil, as a sodium salt. The EU lists it as a cleanser that also conditions hair.
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a cleanser (helps keep skin clean).European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2017) looked at 115 related ingredients made from amino acids. They mainly condition skin and hair and act as cleansers. The reviewers judged them safe at the amounts and in the ways cosmetics use them, as long as the product is made not to irritate. Their list or their index names this one among them.Burnett 2017 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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