Posted By: Truly Free Home
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Posted On: 10/15/2025
LTAC starts with lauryl alcohol, a fatty alcohol most commonly sourced from coconut oil. It’s combined with trimethylamine, then quaternized (chemistry talk for a process that gives it that helpful positive charge).
The end result is an eco-friendly surfactant that softens fabrics and neutralizes their charge, which helps reduce the amount of dirt, grime, and other organic residues that get redeposited on clothes.
In the laundry world, opposites attract—literally. Most fabrics and dirt particles carry a negative electrical charge, while Lauryl Trimethyl Ammonium Chloride carries a positive one. When you add it to your wash or spray it on fabrics, those opposite charges bond together.
The result?
It’s a simple bit of chemistry that makes a noticeable difference in how your laundry looks, feels, and acts.
At Truly Free Home, we’re all about ingredients that work hard but are also super gentle. Lauryl Trimethyl Ammonium Chloride does just that. In our laundry products, it lightly conditions fabrics, helps keep wrinkles at bay, and leaves clothes feeling clean and soft.
That’s why you’ll find Lauryl Trimethyl Ammonium Chloride in a few of your favorite Truly Free Home products:
And because LTAC aligns with our mission to use ingredients that are safer, more sustainable, and kinder to your family and the environment.
Lauryl Trimethyl Ammonium Chloride has an EWG rating between 3 and 5, which falls in the “low to moderate hazard” range. That might raise an eyebrow at first, but context is everything.
Here’s the truth:
Cationic surfactants can be irritating in high doses or in products meant to stay on your skin. But in the carefully measured amounts we use in Truly Free Home formulas, LTAC is perfectly safe and well-tolerated. We use just enough to get the job done—softening, removing static, and conditioning—without irritating.
Myth: LTAC is toxic to humans.
Fact: At the levels used in household cleaning and fabric care products (like ours), LTAC is considered safe, stable, and effective.
Lauryl Trimethyl Ammonium Chloride might sound complex, but its purpose is simple: keep your laundry soft, smooth, and static-free, without compromising safety or sustainability.
We love it because it helps our laundry products perform beautifully, supports a clean finish, and lets you enjoy that truly fresh feel every time you fold your laundry.
It’s one more way Truly Free Home stays true to our promise: effective, safe, and honest ingredients—always.
