Coconut free

[TPADOT]

I'm trying to make a foaming bath soak without any coconut derived products due to allergies. However, I am finding it hard to find any foaming agents that are coconut free. Does anyone have a suggestion of what I can do to achieve the foaming effect without slsa (cocnut derived) and other products like it?

 

[DeeAnna]

The only synthetic detergent I can think of that might work is sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate. Not to say there aren't others, just that's the only one I'm familiar with.

C14-16 is based on palmitic (C16) and myristic (C14) fatty acids. Detergents made from coconut oil fatty acids will be based on lauric acid (C12) with some myristic acid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Α-Olefin_sulfonate

 

[AliOop]

I'm trying to make a foaming bath soak without any coconut derived products due to allergies. However, I am finding it hard to find any foaming agents that are coconut free. Does anyone have a suggestion of what I can do to achieve the foaming effect without slsa (cocnut derived) and other products like it?

A former member, Todd Ziegler, used a product that was fairly equivalent in use to cocamidopropyl betaine, but it was made from babassu instead of coconut. I believe it was called babassumidopropyl betaine, but I can't recall for sure. He also said it was difficult to source.

 

[paradisi]

There are two more that might work, Foaming Oat and its sister product made using apple amino acids. I don't know what else is in them.

For that matter, make a liquid soap from olive oil.

 

[KiwiMoose]

How about foaming apple? I use that in my shampoo bars.
Or capryl glucoside or decyl glucoside?