Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine Surfactant
As an essential cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, betaine supplier, and sodium lauroamphoacetate supplier, Polyventive in Calhoun, GA, prides itself in its ability to provide essential mild and biodegradable amphoteric surfactants. Supporting a wide range of consumer, industrial, and commercial markets and manufacturers, Polyventive is a premier specialized blending facility boasting the best equipment, machinery, and processes for creating high-demand surfactants, chemicals, and other compounds.
With a committed team of engineers, R&D professionals, manufacturing experts, and customer-focused service personnel, Polyventive can manufacture and create essential secondary surfactants in different volumes for numerous consumer and industrial applications. One of our more in-demand surfactants is our cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine – an incredibly safe, biodegradable, eco-friendly, and non-toxic mild surfactant. It is used throughout the home care, institution, and industrial cleaning (HI&I) industry for mild cleaning agents and solutions such as shampoos, baby shampoo, conditioners, and facial cleansers. As an amphoteric surfactant supplier with established processes, the best equipment, and strong quality control, Polyventive can provide you with stable, high-viscosity cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine.
Structure & Chemical Properties
Often relied upon for its excellent anti-static properties and ability to increase viscosity, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine is a critical ingredient in numerous home and personal care solutions, products, and liquids. With a chemical structure of C20H42N2O5S, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine helps to create large foams for multiple hair and skin products. The amphoteric nature of cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine allows it to act as either an acid or a base. This versatility makes it compatible with a wide range of ingredients and allows it to maintain stability across varying pH levels. At the same time, it is mild on skin and eyes. Some critical properties of cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine include:
- High foaming ability
- Excellent viscosity building
- Reduces static charge in hair
- Improves wet combing of hair
- Leaves hair soft and smooth
- Mildness to skin and eyes
- Biodegradable and eco-friendly
With its ability to build viscosity, generate copious foam, and impart a smooth, conditioned feel, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine has become an indispensable ingredient in shower gels, body washes, facial cleansers, and other personal care formulations where low irritation and mildness are paramount.
Common Applications & Use Cases
Cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine is a remarkably versatile ingredient that lends its mildness, foam boosting, and viscosity builder properties to a wide variety of personal care and household cleaning products, including:
- Shampoos – Imparts a rich lather while conditioning hair and scalp. Reduces static.
- Conditioners – Provides excellent slip and lubricity for wet combing. Leaves hair soft and smooth.
- Liquid hand soaps – Generates foam while gently cleansing hands. Leaves no tacky after-feel.
- Body washes – Creamy foam with a light, clean-rinsing feel. Gentle on all skin types.
- Facial cleansers – Effectively emulsifies makeup and dirt while maintaining skin moisture.
- Bubble baths – Provides mounds of bubbles for a luxurious soaking experience.
- Hard surface cleaners – Mild amphoteric surfactant helps lift away oils and grime from tiles, glass, etc.
- Car wash solutions – Foaming ability helps lift dirt from painted surfaces without stripping wax.
- Textile processing – Used as a dye dispersant and leveling agent for uniform color deposition.
- Agricultural adjuvants – Enhances pesticide performance by improving spray coverage on leaf surfaces.
With its extremely mild profile and ability to boost and stabilize foam, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine can be readily formulated into a wide range of end-use products at typical levels of 1% to 5%.
Compatible With Other Surfactants
A key benefit of cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine is its ability to work synergistically with other surfactant types like anionics, nonionics, and cationics. This allows it to be flexibly formulated into various multipurpose cleaning and personal care products. Some common surfactant pairings include:
- Anionics like sodium laureth sulfate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, etc. – Cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine balances the harshness of anionics and boosts lather volume and creaminess.
- Nonionics like decyl glucoside, lauryl glucoside, etc. – Further enhance the mildness of formulations while improving foam stability.
- Cationics like stearamidopropyl dimethylamine – The two amphoteric combine to impart excellent conditioning, reduce static, and build viscosity.
- Betaines like cocamidopropyl betaine – Another mild amphoteric that works synergistically with cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine.
Polyventive can provide custom surfactant blends containing cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine tailored to meet specific functional requirements of formulations. With proper blending, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine serves as an invaluable tool for crafting mild, high-foaming products.
Safe for the Environment
With increased awareness of environmental issues, consumers are demanding cleaning and personal care products with green credentials. Cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine satisfies this need through its biodegradable nature and eco-friendly coconut oil-derived raw materials. Studies of cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine biodegradation under aerobic conditions show it readily breaks down into harmless mineral salts and biomass. It meets European EcoLabel criteria for biodegradability and aquatic toxicity. Also, the manufacturing process for cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine is specially designed to minimize waste. Cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine ultimately provides powerful functionality for high-performing products while remaining gentle on the earth. It demonstrates that effective ingredients can go hand in hand with environmental responsibility.
Get the Products You Need Today – Reach Out to Us at Polyventive
As a leading amphoteric surfactant supplier, Polyventive is committed to upholding the highest sustainability standards. We continually seek greener manufacturing methods and renewable raw materials. Cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine represents just one example of how we innovate to serve our customers and the planet. Contact Polyventive today to learn how our high-quality, eco-friendly cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine can enhance your personal care and household formulations. Our experienced technical team is ready to collaborate on creating specialty surfactant solutions tailored to your specific product requirements and sustainability goals.
