Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Surfactant or cleansing-system ingredient. EPA evaluates surfactants using aquatic toxicity together with biodegradation. This label alone does not supply those product-specific data.
- Ingredient family
- Cleansing agent
- Research state
- Family / sourcing evidence
- Source labels checked
- July 21, 2026
- Found in
- 1 researched product
Read it through four separate lenses.
Formula job
Cleansing agentSurfactant or cleansing-system ingredient.
How we classify formula rolesBeard hair + skin
Likely formula roleRemoves oil, sweat, and residue in a wash.
See the skin + hair evidenceEnvironmental evidence
Aquatic and grade screeningA surfactant must be judged by aquatic toxicity together with biodegradation, degradation products, concentration, and wastewater pathway.
See the environmental limitsSensitivity + confidence
Finished-formula contextIrritation depends on concentration, blend, pH, rinse-off use, and impurities; this row is not a prediction that the cleanser will irritate.
Moderate confidenceA useful formula role is not proof of beard growth, treatment of a skin condition, lower environmental impact, or suitability for every person. Finished-product behavior depends on concentration, processing, the rest of the formula, use pattern, and individual response.
Compare cleanser systems
A surfactant name is only one part of rinse-off performance. Compare the blend, directions, fragrance, and after-wash result.
Open the comparisonHuman + environmental evidence
What deserves attention—and why.
Hazard is not the same as real-world risk. Exposure, dose, formula, wastewater treatment, farming location, and supplier controls can change the conclusion.
A surfactant must be judged by aquatic toxicity together with biodegradation, degradation products, concentration, and wastewater pathway.
Irritation depends on concentration, blend, pH, rinse-off use, and impurities; this row is not a prediction that the cleanser will irritate.
The exact grade needs fish, aquatic-invertebrate, algae, and biodegradation data. A plant-derived feedstock does not answer those questions.
The coco- prefix can reflect coconut-derived fatty material, but source region and land-conversion history are undisclosed; terrestrial phytotoxicity is not established.
EPA surfactant criteria require faster biodegradation as aquatic toxicity rises and also consider degradation products.
Coconut or palm-kernel supply, processor, chain of custody, and amine/impurity controls are not disclosed.
Rinse-off exposure lowers skin contact time but sends more of the ingredient toward wastewater, so human and environmental judgments can point in different directions.
What to ask the supplier for.
Require exact-grade OECD aquatic and ready-biodegradation results, wastewater-removal data, impurity limits, and fatty-feedstock origin. For palm-derived input, prefer RSPO Identity Preserved or Segregated chain of custody; for coconut, require no-conversion farm traceability.
Product occurrence ledger
Where we found it.
List position is a location clue only. It is not a concentration estimate, and formulas can change after our source check.
Human clinical results
What controlled tests add to this record.
An ingredient study is not a trial of every product containing that ingredient.
No qualifying clinical result is assigned.
The current record may still include regulatory, cosmetic-function, or safety-assessment evidence. Those sources are useful for their stated purpose but are not clinical proof of skin, hair, or finished-product performance.
What remains unknown.
Exact level is not disclosed on the product labels we recorded.
Grade, refining, solvents, and other processing details are usually absent.
Residuals and contaminants are not specified by an ordinary INCI list.
Synergy or antagonism with other ingredients is a finished-formula question.
Manufacturing, transport, packaging, dose, and disposal remain outside an ingredient-only profile.
Evidence ledger
Open the source behind the summary.
A source supports only the claim named beside it. Database inclusion is not a blanket approval, and an assessed ingredient does not rate every finished product.
- 01European Commission
CosIng cosmetic ingredient database
Standard ingredient names and cosmetic functions. Database inclusion is not, by itself, a safety approval.
Last checked July 13, 2026 - 02U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Safer Choice criteria for surfactants
Why aquatic toxicity and biodegradation must be considered together for surfactants; it is not a product certification.
Last checked July 13, 2026 - 03U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Cosmetic ingredients
The U.S. regulatory context: most cosmetic ingredients are not preapproved, and the marketer is responsible for product safety.
Last checked July 13, 2026 - 04U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Safer Choice master criteria for safer chemical ingredients
The screening framework used here: human toxicity, aquatic toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation are separate endpoints and must be judged within a chemical's functional class.
Last checked July 14, 2026 - 05Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals
Internationally recognized non-clinical methods for health and environmental safety testing. A marketing claim or safety-data-sheet summary is not a substitute for endpoint data from an appropriate test.
Last checked July 14, 2026 - 06Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
RSPO production and supply-chain standards
The standards define requirements for certified oil-palm production and chain-of-custody. Identity Preserved or Segregated supply offers stronger physical traceability than an undisclosed palm-derived feedstock.
Last checked July 14, 2026 - 07Nature Food
Oil-crop supply chains and global biodiversity loss
A spatial supply-chain analysis found that oil-palm, coconut, and soybean cultivation accounted for most modeled oil-crop biodiversity impacts, concentrated in tropical regions. It supports traceable, location-specific screening rather than blanket substitution.
Last checked July 14, 2026