Cocoglucoside ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a mild nonionic surfactant used to cleanse, build foam, and help solubilize oily soils in shampoos, body washes, facial cleansers, and baby-care products.
What does Cocoglucoside do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a mild nonionic surfactant used to cleanse, build foam, and help solubilize oily soils in shampoos, body washes, facial cleansers, and baby-care products.
Is Cocoglucoside clean?
From a clean beauty perspective, it is generally well accepted and not a common restricted-list concern. Like most cleansing agents, it can contribute to eye or skin irritation at higher surfactant loads, so formula context matters.
Is Cocoglucoside sustainable?
This material is commonly made from glucose and coconut or palm-kernel-derived fatty alcohols, so its sustainability depends on agricultural sourcing and traceability. It is readily biodegradable and has low environmental persistence compared with many synthetic detergent systems.
Is Cocoglucoside COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS-natural and can be used in COSMOS-organic products when the raw material meets the standard’s sourcing and processing criteria. It fits Green Chemistry reasonably well through renewable carbon and ready biodegradability, although production still involves chemical conversion and feedstock verification.
How does Cocoglucoside work chemically?
It consists of glucose-derived head groups linked to coconut-range fatty chains, giving a mild, nonionic amphiphile with good compatibility across many surfactant systems. It is often used at about 1 to 10% as supplied in rinse-off formulas, is generally stable across roughly pH 4 to 12, and is commonly blended with amphoteric or anionic surfactants to tune foam, viscosity, and feel.
Last updated 2026-05-13