A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.

a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets

Derived from sugar beets; a soothing and moisturizing ingredient.

As A Treatment"Betaine HCl is the hydrochloride salt of betaine, often called trimethylglycine (TMG)..."

Surfactant and foam booster.

A substance that may serve as a precursor to choline.

A dark red pigment.