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Ingredient Profile: Decyl Glucoside
By: Mike Fevola, Johnson & Johnson
Posted: August 15, 2012, from the August 2012 issue of Cosmetics & Toiletries.
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- From Cosmetics & Toiletries
- August 2012 issue, pg 552
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- decyl glycoside
- cleansing
- surfactant
- foaming
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Alkyl polyglucoside (APG) surfactants continue to be a popular choice of formulators seeking to improve the sustainability of cleansing products for personal care, hard surface cleaning, dishwashing, laundry, and industrial/institutional applications.1, 2 Made from 100% renewable starting materials and readily biodegradable in the environment, APGs are among the most commonly employed nonionic surfactants in so-called “green” cleansing products, and they routinely appear on the ingredient labels of personal cleansers marketed as “natural.” In cosmetic applications, decyl polyglucoside (INCI: Decyl Glucoside, see Figure 1) is the most frequently used APG,3 for it delivers reasonably high foaming and cleansing performance for a nonionic surfactant without the irritation potential of anionic detergents, such as alkyl sulfates and alkyl ether sulfates.
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