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SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING

Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

2924 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING function designation.

Ingredients with the SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING function

Hydroxypropyl Polycitronellol is the hydroxypropyl ether of Polycitronellol made by the polymerization of Citronellol in the presence of Pr…

Alcohols, C16-branched, ethoxylated (10 mol EO average molar ratio)

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-isohexadecyl-.omega.-hydroxy- (15 mol EO average molar ratio)

Alcohols, C16-branched, ethoxylated (20 mol EO average molar ratio)

Alcohols, C16-branched, ethoxylated (30 mol EO average molar ratio)

Alcohols, C10-branched, ethoxylated, esters with coconut-oil fatty acids (2 mol EO average molar ratio)

Alcohols, C10-branched, ethoxylated (4 mol EO average molar ratio)

Alcohols, C10-branched, ethoxylated (5 mol EO average molar ratio)

Alcohols, C10-branched, ethoxylated (6 mol EO average molar ratio)

Alcohols, C12-branched, ethoxylated (10 mol EO average molar ratio)

Alcohols, C12-branched, ethoxylated (3 mol EO average molar ratio)

Alcohols, C12-branched, ethoxylated (6 mol EO average molar ratio)

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

How the SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING function is used in CosIng

The SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 2924 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.

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.