Sodium sarcosinate has high application demand in daily necessities and the industry has good development prospects.

Sodium sarcosinate, also known as sodium N-methylaminoacetate, is an amino acid surfactant and the main raw material for preparing fatty acyl sarcosinate anionic surfactants. It is mainly used in daily chemicals. Creatine can also be prepared and used as a nutritional preparation in health products. Sodium sarcosinate is a non-irritating and easily biodegradable product with a wide range of applications, high market demand and good industry development prospects.

Common sodium sarcosinate concentrations in the market include products with 30% purity, 35% purity and 40% purity, which can meet the application needs in multiple fields. In terms of application, sodium sarcosinate is currently used as a dye preparation; used to produce derivative products N-acyl sarcosine; used as an active agent in high-end skin care products, toothpastes, shampoos, high-end medicinal soaps, and cosmetics; used Used as antistatic agent, antirust agent, softening agent, biochemical reagent and other products.

According to the “China Sarcosinate Sodium Industry Application Market Demand and Development Opportunities Research Report 2021-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center , Sodium N-acyl sarcosinate is a derivative of sodium sarcosinate and currently has high application demand. Currently, there are many sodium sarcosinate manufacturers in overseas markets, such as Hamposyl, Medialan, etc.; N-lauroyl sarcosinate is also an important derivative product. Domestic manufacturers include Tianci Materials, China Lion Chemical and other companies.

There are three main production methods for sodium sarcosinate: one is the chloroacetic acid method, which is a product produced by the reaction of chloroacetic acid and monomethylamine under the action of sodium hydroxide; the second is the hydroxyacetonitrile method, also known as As the hydrocyanic acid method; the third method is hydrocyanic acid and formaldehyde, or directly using the product of the condensation reaction of hydroxyacetonitrile and monomethylamine, and then hydrolyzing it under alkaline conditions to prepare sodium sarcosinate. In the current domestic market, the industrial production of sodium sarcosinate mainly uses the hydroxyacetonitrile method.

The hydroxyacetonitrile method is the main production process, but the hydroxyacetonitrile required for this process is a highly toxic product and is difficult to transport, which restricts the application and development of this process. The quality of sodium sarcosinate produced by the chloroacetic acid method is relatively poor, so the research and development of the sodium sarcosinate production process is particularly important. The currently discovered methyl-monoethanolamine process application has great advantages, but industrial production has not yet been achieved. In terms of production, sodium sarcosinate companies include Shandong Qilu Petrochemical, Poly Science, Zhonglan Chemical and other companies.

Industrial analysts said that sodium sarcosinate, as an amino acid-based active agent, is used in daily chemical products, cosmetics and other fields The demand is high and the industry is developing well. Benefiting from the application of its derivative products N-acyl sarcosinate and N-lauroyl sarcosinate in the market, the sodium sarcosinate industry still has development opportunities. In terms of production, there are flaws in the sodium sarcosinate production technology and there is still room for improvement in the future.