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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

Disodium 2-Sulfolaurate/Myristate is the organic compound that conforms to the formula, where n is 9 or 11 and represents the mixture of la…

DISODIUM 2-SULFOSTEARATE

cosing-live-104477

Disodium 2-Sulfostearate is the disodium salt of 2-sulfostearic acid that conforms generally to the formula

CAS 5802-91-5

Disodium C12-15 Alketh Sulfosuccinate is the disodium salt of an ethoxylated, partially esterified sulfosuccinic acid. It conforms generall…

CAS 68911-93-3 (generic)

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.