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SURFACTANT - CLEANSING

Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

3218 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the SURFACTANT - CLEANSING function designation.

Ingredients with the SURFACTANT - CLEANSING function

Coconut Flower Sugar is the dried, ground nectar obtained from the flowers of Cocos nucifera, Arecaceae.

Coconut Oil Glycereth-8 Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of glycereth-8 with Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Coconut Oil PPG-2-PEG-6 Esters is the end product of the controlled ethoxylation, propoxylation of Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein is the condensation product formed from the reaction of coconut acid chloride and Hydrolyzed Oat Protein

Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Silk is the condensation product of coconut acid chloride and hydrolyzed silk

Cornamide DEA is a mixture of ethanolamides of Corn Acid

III/60

Cornamide/Cocamide DEA is the diethanolamide of a mixture of Coconut Acid and the fatty acid obtained from Zea Mays Oil

III/60

Cottonseed Oil Glycereth-8 Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of glycereth-8 with Gossypium Herabceum (Cotton) Seed …

Benzoic acid, 3-methyl-, cyclohexyl ester,Benzoic acid, 4-methyl-, cyclohexyl ester

CAS 6641-66-3,58435-19-1

DATEM

33124

Diacetyl tartaric acid fatty acid mono-, diglyceride ester

DEA-C12-13 Alketh-3 Sulfate (Formerly DEA-C12-13 Pareth-3 Sulfate) is the diethanolamine salt of the sulfate ester of C12-13 Alketh-3 (Form…

II/411

Bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl)-.alpha.-(C12-13)-alkyl-.omega.-sulfate, (3 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 243133-69-9II/411

1-Hexadecanol, phosphate, compd. with 2,2'-iminobis[ethanol] (1:1)

CAS 69331-39-1II/411

beta-alanine, N-(2-aminoethyl)-N-[2-(2-carboxyethoxy)ethyl]-, N-coco acyl derivs., 2,2'-iminobisethanol salts

II/411

These widely assigned CosIng terms provide populated comparison pages; they are not presented as semantic equivalents of the current function.

How the SURFACTANT - CLEANSING function is used in CosIng

The SURFACTANT - CLEANSING function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 3218 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).

Function assignments come from official EU CosIng data. They describe intended cosmetic use, but they do not replace regulatory review of each linked ingredient and any annex records tied to it.