Amino acid-based anionic surfactant

AMILITE GCS-12K ®

AMILITE Ⓡ GCS-12K is a cleansing agent based on glycine, the main constituent

amino acid of human collagen, and palm fatty acid. It produces creamy and
resilient foam under neutral and alkaline conditions. It leaves fresh feeling on
the skin after washing without taut feeling.

● Image map of cleansing agents

Moisturizing

AMISOFT®

AMILITE®
A-Series
AMILITE®
G-Series

AMINOSOAP

The circle size indicates

the volume of foam. Fatty acid
soap
Weakly
acidic Alkaline

Molecular Structure
H
R N COO Na
- + R ： Fatty Acid Residue

O
O
PCPC INCI Name ： Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate

Major Applications
● Facial Wash Cream ● Facial Cleansing Gel ● Shower Gel
● Syndet bar ● Make-up remover

Characteristics
● Derived from palm and Glycine, the main amino acid of human collagen.
● Produces creamy and resilient foam.
● Imparts a very pleasant fresh feel on the skin.
● Has an excellent synergistic effect with fatty acid soaps in terms of foam
volume and quality.
 Amino acid-based anionic surfactant

AMILITE GCS-12K ®

● pH dependence of foaming power ● Cream-type facial wash

AMILITE® GCS-12K exhibits excellent foaming Cream-type facial wash formulations of AMILITE®
power at neutral to weakly alkaline conditions. GCS-12K are obtained by adjusting pH to 7.2-6.5.
0.20wt.% (A.I.), 30℃ , 1min No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5

300 AMILITE ® AMILITE® GCS-12K 65.0 65.0 65.0 65.0 65.0

GCS-12K Citric Acid 0 0.4 0.7 1.0 2.0
250 Glycerin 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.0
Water 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.0
Foam Volume (mL)

AMILITE ®
200 pH (1wt.%) 8.3 7.2 6.8 6.5 6.0
ACS-12
Crystallizing temperature (℃) - 35 41 50 58
150 AMISOFT® Appearance Liquid Smooth Cream Hard
CS-22 Foam properties Poor
Rough Bouncy
100 (sensory test) volume

50

0
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
pH

Test method：Foam volume was measured by Mixer Method ＊ .

Surfactant concentration：0.20 wt.%（active）
Temperature 30℃
pH of Surfactants were adjusted with Citric acid or NaOH.

● Cream-type facial wash（FC-109H）

This good-foaming cream-type facial wash formulation employs AMILITE® GCS-12K（liquid）
, thus the
processing is quite simple.
(wt.%)

A AMILITE® GCS-12K 55.00

WATER balance
GLYCERIN 28.00
SODIUM LAUROAMPHOACETATE (30%) 8.00
POLYQUATERNIUM-39 (10%) 1.00
DISODIUM EDTA 0.05
CITRIC ACID q.s.
PRESERVATIVE q.s.
B HYDROXYPROPYL METHYLCELLULOSE 0.04
WATER 1.96

100.00

pH 6.9 (1% aqueous solution)

Material Information
Product Product
Chemical Name CAS No. Physical Form Packaging PCPC INCI Name Composition (%)
Name Code

18kg Can Sodium Cocoyl

Sodium N-Cocoyl 30% Aqueous 30.0
AMILITE® GCS-12K 90387-74-9 200kg Drum Glycinate
Glycinate, Water Solution
1t Container Water 70.0

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