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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

Sulfuric acid, coconut alcohols ethoxylated (30 mol EO average molar ratio) ester, sodium salt

CAS 68891-38-3

Sodium Cocoa Butterate is the sodium salt of the fatty acids derived from Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter

Glycine, N-(2-aminoethyl)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-, N-coco-acyl derivatives, monosodium salts

CAS 90387-76-1

beta-Alanine, N-(2-aminoethyl)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-, N-coco acyl derivatives, monosodium salts

CAS 93820-52-1

Sodium Cocoyl Barley Amino Acids is the sodium salt of the condensation product of coconut acid chloride and the amino acids derived from b…

Sodium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Pea Protein is the sodium salt of the condensation product of coconut acid chloride and Hydrolyzed Pea Protein.

CAS 2185810-13-1

Sodium Cocoyl Rice Amino Acids is the sodium salt of the product obtained by the reaction of coconut acid chloride with Rice Amino Acids.

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.