What is Coco-Glucoside and what does it do in products?

What is Coco-Glucoside

Coco glucoside is a surfactant, meaning it helps water and oil mix, and it's derived from coconut oil and glucose (a sugar). 

Decyl-Glucoside is one of 18 alkyl glucosides. It is a mild surfactant used in most of our products.  It is made by chemical reaction between glucose and coconut oil-derived ingredients.  This non-ionic surfactant is mild, biodegradable and has wonderful foaming, and cleansing properties.

Why do we use Coco-Glucoside

Rustic Strength uses coco-glucoside in most of our products to enhance the foaming properties of the soap, help the main surfactant do its job, and to add a gentle touch to the formula.  We look for ingredients that are on the EPA safer choice list along with other natural certifications like Ecocert, COSMOS and Nature and decyl glucoside met these standards.

Is Coco-Glucoside safe to use? Is it nontoxic?

Coco-Glucosides has no impurities to report (see table 3).  It is mildly irritating to some people and therefore got a score of a 2 from the EWG scale.  It is readily biodegradable, environmentally friendly, and comes from renewable sources.

Coco-Glucoside is used in Rustic Strength's:

• Laundry Detergent
• Hand Soap
• Dish Soap
• Body Wash
• Shampoo
• Pet Shampoo
• Bubble Bath
• Lots of Purpose Cleaner
• Floor Cleaner
• Rinse Aid

In Summary

We use coco-glucoside because it is naturally mild, made from renewable resources, is readily biodegradable, and eco-friendly.  It does a wonderful job as a co-surfactant in our formulas and meets our high standards of purity.

If you have any questions regarding this or any other ingredients we use, feel free to reach out to our email: customercare@rusticstrength.com. We would be more than happy to answer your questions 

We invite you to do your own research! 

Scientific journals and articles are the foundation of evidence-based decisions at Rustic Strength. Blogs can provide helpful information. However, if it cannot cite scientific articles, its claims stand on little. 

Safety Assessment- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1091581813497764

SpecialChem- https://cosmetics.specialchem.com/inci-ingredients/coco-glucoside

see table 3 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1091581813497764

EWG scale - https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredients/701535-COCOGLUCOSIDE/

certifications - https://formulabotanica.com/natural-surfactants/

EPA Safer choice - https://www.epa.gov/saferchoice/safer-ingredients#searchList

Readily -  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02541865