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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

Sodium Arganate is the sodium salt of the fatty acids derived from Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil.

Sodium C10-15 Alketh Sulfate (Formerly Sodium C10-15 Pareth Sulfate) is the sodium salt of a sulfated polyethylene glycol ether of a mixtur…

Sodium C10-16 Alketh-2 Sulfate (Formerly Sodium C10-16 Pareth-2 Sulfate) is the sodium salt of a sulfated polyethylene glycol ether of a mi…

CAS 68585-34-2 (generic)

Sodium C10-16 Alkyl Sulfate is the sodium salt of the sulfate of a mixture of synthetic fatty alcohols with 10 to 16 carbons in the alkyl c…

Sodium C11-15 Alketh-7 Carboxylate (Formerly Sodium C11-15 Pareth-7 Carboxylate) is the sodium salt of C11-15 Alketh-7 Carboxylic Acid (For…

CAS 68603-23-6 (generic)

Sodium C11-15 Alkyl Sulfate is the sodium salt of the sulfate of a mixture of synthetic alcohols with 11 to 15 carbons in the alkyl chain

Sodium C12-13 Alketh Sulfate (Formerly Sodium C12-13 Pareth Sulfate) is the sodium salt of a sulfated polyethylene glycol ether of a mixtur…

CAS 161074-79-9

Sodium C12-13 Alketh-12 Carboxylate is the sodium salt of C12-13 Alketh-12 Carboxylic Acid (Formerly C12-13 Pareth-12 Carboxylic Acid) that…

Sodium C12-13 Alketh-2 Phosphate (Formerly Sodium C12-13 Pareth-2 Phosphate) is the sodium salt of a complex mixture of esters of phosphori…

Sodium C12-13 Alketh-5 Carboxylate (Formerly Sodium C12-13 Pareth-5 Carboxylate) is the sodium salt of C12-13 Alketh-5 Carboxylic Acid (For…

Sodium C12-13 Alketh-8 Carboxylate is the sodium salt of C12-13 Alketh-8 Carboxylic Acid (Formerly C12-13 Pareth-8 Carboxylic Acid). It con…

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-(carboxymethyl)-.omega.-hydroxy-, C12-13-alkyl ethers, sodium salts (11 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 68908-98-5

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-(carboxymethyl)-.omega.-hydroxy-, C12-13-alkyl ethers, sodium salts (4 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 68908-98-5

Sodium C12-14 Sec-Alketh-3 Sulfate is the sodium salt of a sulfated mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols with an average ethoxyla…

CAS 125736-54-1

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.