Betaine were first discovered in Europe, the 19th century, sugar beets and sugar cane at first was used to extract the sugar, used as betaine mainly exist in the sugar beet molasses, in the 1970 s, people found in sugar beet a component can have very good cleaning effect, and do not harm the skin, very safe, was named the betaine, It has been used for cleaning skin care products in recent times.

Betaine is ubiquitous in animals and plants. As an intermediate product of animal metabolism, it plays a very important role in nutrient metabolism. It is a very important osmotic regulatory substance, for plants to enhance stress resistance, such as salt and alkali resistance, drought tolerance is very important. Betaine can be extracted from roots, stems, leaves and fruits of natural plants or synthesized with trimethylamine and chloroacetic acid as raw materials.

Betaine has excellent foaming ability, can make hair soft, suitable for shampoo, foam bath, sensitive skin preparation, children's cleaning agent, etc. Because of good water resistance, used for preparing hard water detergent. Can also be used as a fungicide, used to kill a variety of bacteria including tuberculosis bacteria, used as fiber, fabric softener and antistatic agent, calcium soap dispersant, sterilization detergent and rubber industry gel emulsifier, rabbit wool fleecing agent, fire-fighting foam agent, is also a synergist of pesticide glyphosate. Also used in the production of dyeing AIDS, rust prevention agents, metal surface processing AIDS.

Betaine can rapidly improve skin moisture keeping ability, has a unique moisturizing and protecting cell membrane performance, at the same time can increase the active ingredient in water solubility, to reduce the surface active agent and acidity irritating to the skin, is widely used as a moisturizer to protect skin to taste, wash hair care products and oral care products, etc.