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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

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, hexadecyl ethers (1:1) (3 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

CAS 128895-87-4

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, isodecanoates (1:2) (3 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

CAS 66082-42-6 / 85666-92-8

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, 9-(Z)-octadecenoates (1:2) (3 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

CAS 79665-94-4

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, octadecanoates (1:2) (2 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

CAS 9009-32-9 / 94423-19-5

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, isooctadecanoates (1:1) (3 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

CAS 127512-63-4

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, dodecanoates (1:1) (3 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

CAS 51033-31-9

Polyglyceryl-3 Olivate Phosphate is a complex mixture of esters of phosphoric acid with the ester formed by the reaction of Polyglycerin-3 …

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, 12-(R)-hydroxy-9-(Z)-octadecenoates (1:1) (3 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

Polyglyceryl-3 Sorbityl Linseedate is the product obtained by the reaction of Linseed Acid with the sorbitol ether of Polyglycerin-3.

CAS 1197388-97-8

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, reaction products with octadecanoic acid (1:1), neutralized (3 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

Polyglyceryl-3 Trisiloxane is the organic compound that conforms to the following formula, where n has an average value of 3:

Polyglyceryl-35 Lauryl Ether is the ether of Lauryl Alcohol and a glycerin polymer containing an average of 35 glycerin units.

Polyglyceryl-4 Broccoli Seedate is the ester of the fatty acids derived from Brassica Oleracea Italica Seed Oil and Polyglycerin-4.

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, decanoates (1:1) (4 mol glycerol average molar ratio)

CAS 160391-93-5

1,2,3-Propanetriol, homopolymer, coco-fatty acid esters (1:1) (4 mol glycerol 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 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.