INCI Name: Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
Appearance: Fine white to off-white powder
Solubility: Water-soluble
Usage Rate: 3% – 20%
Function: Gentle surfactant, cleanser, foaming agent, skin conditioner
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate is a biodegradable, ultra-mild surfactant derived from natural coconut oil and glutamic acid (an amino acid). It gently cleanses without stripping the skin or hair, making it ideal for face washes, baby products, and formulations for sensitive or compromised skin.
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate is classified as an anionic amino acid surfactant. It offers excellent skin compatibility, low irritation potential, and biodegradability. It works well in transparent and cream-based cleansers, leaving skin soft and smooth without tightness or dryness.
Disperse in water phase with gentle stirring; warm water improves dissolution. Use in systems with final pH around 5–6 for best results. Can be combined with co-surfactants to boost foam or viscosity.
It’s sulfate-free, biodegradable, and much milder to skin and hair. Unlike SLS/SLES, it cleans without stripping lipids, making it suitable for sensitive-skin and baby care formulations.
It’s an amino acid–based surfactant, derived from glutamic acid and lauric acid. This gives it strong mildness, good foaming, and excellent skin compatibility compared to glucosides or peptide-style cleansers.
On its own, it produces a fine, creamy foam. Foam quality improves further when blended with amphoteric surfactants like Cocamidopropyl Betaine or anionic partners like Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (SCI).
Yes. It’s widely used as a “mildness booster,” softening the irritation potential of sulfates or sulfonates. This makes shampoos and body washes gentler without compromising cleansing.
Yes. Because its foam is naturally soft and creamy rather than big and bubbly, it’s ideal for sulfate-free facial cleansers and sensitive-skin products where subtle foam is desired.
It doesn’t build viscosity well on its own. Pairing it with amphoterics like betaine or thickening agents such as Carbomer 940 or Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 improves stability and body.
Yes. The powder format makes it easy to combine with other powdered surfactants like SCI, creating mild, low-irritation solid cleansers.
It’s stable across a wide pH range (5–7 is ideal). This makes it compatible with actives like Niacinamide, mild acids, and botanical extracts in cleansers without destabilizing the system.
It offers a good balance of mildness, cleansing power, and creamy foam. Compared to Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, it provides denser foam and slightly stronger cleansing, while Cocoyl Glutamate is milder but less foamy. Both are ECOCERT-compliant and often used together for balance.
Yes. It cleanses without lifting too much of the hair’s natural lipid layer, making it ideal for gentle shampoos, scalp care, and color-protection formulas. It also pairs well with conditioning agents to reduce dryness.
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