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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

Benzalkonium Saccharinate is a mixture of alkylbenzyldimethylammonium saccharinates that conforms generally to the formula:

CAS 68989-01-5V/54 III/65

Benzenemethanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-[2-[2-[4-(1,1,3,3,-tetramethylbutyl)phenoxy]ethoxy]ethyl]-, chloride

CAS 121-54-0V/53

Bis-(Methoxy PEG-11 Epoxidized Soyate) PEG-9 is Soy Acid that has been epoxidized and esterified with Methoxy PEG-11, then reacted with PEG…

CAS 2251702-09-5 (generic)

Bis-(PPG-7 Undeceneth-21) Dimethicone is the siloxane polymer that conforms generally to the formula, where a has an average value of 21 an…

Silicones and siloxanes, dimethyl, hydropolyoxyethylene terminated (1 mol EO average molar ratio)

Bis-PEG-18 Disiloxane is Disiloxane end-blocked with an average of 18 moles of ethylene oxide.

Poly[oxy(dimethylsilylene)], \a-[(3hydroxypropyl)dimethylsilyl] \w-[( butyldimethylsilyl)oxy],ether with \a-hydro \w-hydroxypoly(oxy1,2etha…

CAS 1401681-35-3

Silicones and siloxanes, dimethyl, hydropolyoxyethylene terminated (8 mol EO average molar ratio)

Bis-PEG/PPG-18/6 Dimethicone is Dimethicone end-blocked with the random addition of an average of 18 moles of ethylene oxide and 6 moles of…

Bis-Peg/Ppg-20/20 Dimethicone is Dimethicone end-blocked with an average of 20 moles of ethylene oxide and average of 20 moles of propylene…

Bis-PEG/PPG-21/7 Dimethicone is Dimethicone end-blocked with a polyether made by the random addition of an average of 21 moles of ethylene …

Borage Seed Oil PEG-8 Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of Borago officinalis L., Seed Oil and PEG-8, Boraginaceae

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.