What are the amino acid surfactants? What are the types of Amino Acid Surfactants available? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each type? How effective is each type of surfactant? Please find more information from this slides.

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Green Surfactant :
Amino Acid Surfactants
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Green Trend in Personal care industry
GREEN means
“Natural & Safe”
 Free Trend

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Latest SULFATE FREE TREND
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Green Surfactant & Mild Surfactant
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- Alkyl Poly Glucoside(APG)
- Alkyl Ethoxy Polyglycoside(AEG)
- Amino Acid based Surfactant

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Cleansing Surfactant History
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• FATTY ACID SOAPS
---USED IN EARLY TIMES
• ALKYL ETHER SULPHATES
---SYNTHETIC
---WIDELY USED
• GLYCINATES, GLUTAMATES--SURFACTANTS
---NATURAL ORIGIN
---RAPID GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS

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FATTY ACID SOAPS
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• ADVANTAGES
---NATURAL OIL DERIVATIVES
---EXCELLENT CLEANSING POWER
---EASY TO RINSE OFF
• DISADVANTAGES
--- BAD HARD WATER TOLERANCE
--- CAN DRY AND IRRITATE SKIN
--- ONLY FAIR FOAMING

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ALKYL ETHER SULPHATES（AES）
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• ADVANTAGES
• GOOD WATER SOLUBILITY
• RICH LATHER
• STRONG HARD WATER TOLERANCE
• DISADVANTAGES
• CAN BE IRRITATING, DRYING w/ SKIN ADSORPTION
• SAFETY CONCERNS DUE TO IMPURITIES (DIOXANE)

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GLYCINATE & GLUTAMATE CLEANSING AGENTS
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• GLYCINE AND GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVES WITH FATTY
ACIDS
• NEW GENERATION CLEANSING AGENTS
• REDUCED AMINO ACID PRICING--HIGH VOLUME, WIDE USE
POSSIBLE

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GLYCINATE & GLUTAMATE CLEANSING AGENTS
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• ADVANTAGES
• POSSESS CLEANSING POWER OF FATTY ACID SOAPS
• VERY RICH LATHER
• MILD, NON-IRRITATING, SOFT AND MOIST AFTER SKIN FEEL
GLUTAMATES--SLIGHTLY ACIDIC, CLOSE TO SKIN pH
• HARD WATER TOLERANCE
• GOOD SAFETY PROFILE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

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Amino Acid Based Surfactant
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Amino acids are fundamental to life
and the basic building blocks of the
proteins that make our skin and hair.
Sarcosinate
Glycinate
Alaninate
Glutamate

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Amino Acid Surfactant Series
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pH
Weakly acidic Neutral Weakly alkaline
Glutamates
Glycinates
Alaninates
Sarcosinates
Glutamates: weakly acidic
Alaninates: weakly acidic-neutral
Sarconsinates: neutral-weakly alkaline
Glycinates: weakly alkaline

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Key Benefits
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Human compatibility Mild, safe and low irritation Excellent
Properties /
Performance
Great cleansing properties with rich foam,
easy to rinse-off, strong ability in resisting
hard water, imparts invigorating after-feel
Excellent
Cost Affordable sulfate-free mild surfactants
Excellent—Most cost
effective at Sino Lion
Environmental
Impact
Good biodegradability and safety; Easy to
Rinse-off, less water consumption
Excellent
Ease of Use
Various formulation system with mature
application solutions. Liquid Form is
convenient for production and use
Excellent—Thickening
challenge resolved by Sino
Lion
Attributes Amino acid based surfactant Evaluation

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Glutamates vs. SLES & Other Surfactants
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Amino acid based
surfactant (Glycinates,
Glutamates)
fatty acids, amino acids
amino acid, fatty acid,
sodium chloride
Safe impurities; natural origin,
sustainable/ renewable RM;
safe & mild processes w/ no
organic solvents
Betaines
fatty amine, sodium
chloroacetate,
epichlorohydrin
sodium chloroacetate,
fatty amine,
epichlorohydrin
Main RM are not natural origin
and not sustainable and
renewable
Impurities are not safe, they
are Irritating and toxic
Obnoxious processes with
organic solvents
SLES fatty alcohol, EO, Sulfur dioxane
Alkyl sulfosuccinate fatty acid, maleic
anhydride, ethanolamine sodium maleate
Alpha Olefin
Sulfonates (AOS) alpha olefins, sulfur sultone
Imidazolidine/
Amphoacetates
fatty acid, alkyldiamine,
sodium chloroacetate
sodium chloroacetate,
alkyldiamine
Alkyl Polyglucoside
(APG) fatty alcohol, glucose fatty alcohol, glucose
Isethionates fatty acid, EO, sodium
sulfite
dioxane, sodium
isethionate
Surfactant Main feed stocks Main Impurities Remarks

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Glutamates vs. SLES & Other Surfactants
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Attributes Glutamate APG Betaines SLES
Alkyl
sulfosucci-
nate
AOS
Imidazolidi
ne/Ampho
acetates
isethion-
ate
no residues/
dioxane free
Yes-
☆☆☆☆☆
Yes-
☆☆☆☆☆
Yes but
other toxic
impurities
☆☆
No. w/
Dioxane
☆
Yes but other
toxic
impurities☆☆
Yes but
other
toxic
impurities
☆☆
Yes but
other toxic
impurities
☆☆
Yes but
other toxic
impurities
☆
Sustainability
(See previous
slide)
Excellent
☆☆☆☆☆
Excellent
☆☆☆☆☆
Poor
☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆
Poor
☆☆
Very Poor
☆
Poor
☆☆
Poor
☆☆
Mildness (see
previous
slide)
Intrinsically
compatible -
Excellent
☆☆☆☆☆
Very
Good
☆☆☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆
Poor
☆☆
Very Good
☆☆☆☆
Poor
☆☆
Poor
☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆
Effect on skin
(less harsh)
Excellent-
No skin
absorp.,
☆☆☆☆☆
Very
Good
☆☆☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆
Very Poor
with Skin
absorp. ☆
Fair
☆☆☆
Poor
☆☆
Fair
☆☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆
Biodegradabl
e
Excellent
☆☆☆☆☆
Good
☆☆☆☆
Good
☆☆☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆ Good ☆☆☆☆
Fair
☆☆☆
Good
☆☆☆☆
Good
☆☆☆☆
Carbon
Footprint
Very Low
☆☆☆☆☆
Low
☆☆☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆ Fair ☆☆☆
Fair
☆☆☆
Fair
☆☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆
Low
☆☆☆☆
Energy
Savings
Excellent
☆☆☆☆☆
Fair
☆☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆ Fair ☆☆☆
Fair
☆☆☆
Fair
☆☆☆
Fair ☆☆☆
Good
☆☆☆☆
Total Score 35 29 20 17 21 16 19 21

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Replacement Strategy
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Current
Prevalent
Surfactant:
SLES
Total
replacement
by
Glutamate
Premium
brands &
developed
markets
Growth
D & E &
mass
markets
Partial
replacement
by
Glutamate
Evolution Revolution

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Main Application
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 Various Wash products
- Shampoo
- Body wash
- Facial Cleanser
- Baby wash head to toe
- Feminine Wash

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Prototypes
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Transparent Soap
Fabric Detergent
Dish wash

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