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SURFACTANT

Helping other ingredients that normally do not mix to dissolve or disperse in one another. Surfactants lower the surface tension of water or reduce the interfacial tension between immiscible components.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

4574 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the SURFACTANT function designation.

Ingredients with the SURFACTANT 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

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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 function is used in CosIng

The SURFACTANT function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 4574 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Helping other ingredients that normally do not mix to dissolve or disperse in one another. Surfactants lower the surface tension of water or reduce the interfacial tension between immiscible components.

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.