Caprylic/Capramidopropyl Betaine ●
TL;DR. It is a mild amphoteric surfactant used to boost foam, improve lather creaminess, and soften the feel of primary cleansers in shampoos, body washes, hand washes, and facial cleansers.
What does Caprylic/Capramidopropyl Betaine do in a cosmetic formula?
It is a mild amphoteric surfactant used to boost foam, improve lather creaminess, and soften the feel of primary cleansers in shampoos, body washes, hand washes, and facial cleansers.
Is Caprylic/Capramidopropyl Betaine clean?
It is generally accepted in many clean-beauty frameworks, but it carries a yellow flag because residual amidoamine and dimethylaminopropylamine from manufacturing can be sensitizing if not well controlled. Good supplier purification and nitrosamine controls matter.
Is Caprylic/Capramidopropyl Betaine sustainable?
The fatty portion usually comes from coconut or palm-kernel C8-C10 feedstocks, so sourcing traceability is relevant. It is expected to be readily biodegradable in rinse-off use and has lower persistence concern than silicone or fluorinated materials.
Is Caprylic/Capramidopropyl Betaine COSMOS-approved?
It can be used in COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic formulas when supplier documentation and processing chemistry meet the standard, although it does not add organic content by itself. From a Green Chemistry view, it is partly renewable and biodegradable, but it is still a chemically processed surfactant rather than a minimally transformed natural material.
How does Caprylic/Capramidopropyl Betaine work chemically?
The molecule is amphoteric and zwitterionic, pairing a C8-C10 hydrophobic chain with an amide spacer and a charged nitrogen-carboxylate head group. Typical use is about 2 to 10% active in rinse-off cleansing systems, with good stability around pH 4 to 9 and frequent blending with anionic or nonionic surfactants to improve foam, mildness, and viscosity.
Last updated 2026-05-13