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  • Sodium cocoamphoacetate vs CAPB

    Posted by heraklit on November 7, 2014 at 4:31 pm

    Do you have experience on both? Which is better? I mean about foam / conditioning / safety.

    heraklit replied 9 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 7 Replies
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  • belassi

    Member
    November 8, 2014 at 10:32 am

    SCAA costs about three times as much as CAPB. It is thick versus thin. Often gives thickening effects. Produces better foam than CAPB (larger bubbles). They are both extremely mild.

  • heraklit

    Member
    November 8, 2014 at 5:08 pm

    Thank you Belassi for your response. Also i have read that CAPB was named “allergen of the year” in 2004.

  • belassi

    Member
    November 9, 2014 at 10:48 am

    CAPB “allergen of the year”? You can find it in every shampoo! Who called it that?

  • heraklit

    Member
    November 9, 2014 at 4:13 pm
  • belassi

    Member
    November 9, 2014 at 10:23 pm

    I think I am going to need rather more convincing than that, bearing in mind that just about every manufacturer in the world uses it in both sulphate and sulphate-free shampoos.

  • belassi

    Member
    November 9, 2014 at 10:25 pm

    Or you could try Dehyton AB-30 as an alternative. It is a betaine. More conditioning than CAPB; it has an additional N+ as far as I recall.

  • heraklit

    Member
    November 10, 2014 at 2:39 am

    I’m going to use it in my shampoo too. It’s written on the label, so everyone that has allergic problems can avoid it.
    http://www.contactderm.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3467
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocamidopropyl_betaine

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