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
Potassium salt of the condensation product of coconut acid chloride and hydrolyzed collagen
Keratin, hydrolyzed, coco-acyl derivatives, potassium salts
Potassium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein is the potassium salt of the condensation product of coconut acid chloride and Hydrolyzed Oat Prote…
Proteins, rice bran, hydrolyzed, coco-acyl derivatives, potassium salts
Proteins, rice, hydrolyzed, coco-acyl derivatives, potassium salts
Potassium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Silk is the potassium salt of the condensation product of coconut acid chloride and Hydrolyzed Silk
Proteins, soy, hydrolyzed, coco-acyl derivatives, potassium salts
Proteins, wheat, hydrolyzed, coco-acyl derivatives, potassium salts
Potassium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Yeast Protein is the potassium salt of the condensation product of coconut acid chloride and Hydrolyzed Yeast P…
POTASSIUM COCOYL PCA
59113N-Cocoyl L-pyroglutamic acid, potassium salt
POTASSIUM COCOYL PROLINE
95538Potassium Cocoyl Proline is the substituted amino acid that conforms to the formula: where RCO- represents the fatty acids derived from coc…
Potassium Cocoyl Rice Amino Acids is the potassium salt of the product obtained by the reaction of coconut acid chloride with Rice Amino Ac…
Potassium Cocoyl Sarcosinate is the potassium salt of Cocoyl Sarcosine
POTASSIUM COCOYL TAURATE
59115Potassium Cocoyl Taurate is formed by Ethane sulfonic acid, 2-amino-, N-coco-acyl derivatives, potassium salt
Potassium Cocoyl/Olivoyl Hydrolyzed Rice Protein is the potassium salt of the condensation product of a mixture of coconut and olive acid c…
POTASSIUM COFFEEATE
cosing-live-102079Potassium Coffeeate is the potassium salt of a mixture of fatty acids derived from the oil obtained from the seeds of various species of Co…
Potassium 5-carboxy-4-hexylcyclohex-2-ene-1-octanoate
Decanol, ethoxylated, phosphates, potassium salts (4 mol EO average molar ratio)
Potassium salt of the reaction product of octenylsuccinic anhydride with dextrin
Phosphoric acid, monoesters with coco-alkylbis(2-hydroxyethyl)amine N-oxides, dipotassium salts
Silicones and siloxanes, dimethyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated, phosphates, potasssium salts
Potassium Ethylhexyl/Isotrideceth-8 Phosphate is the potassium salt of a complex mixture of esters formed by the reaction of 2-ethylhexyl a…
Potassium Glyceryl Tricetearate/Citrate is the potassium salt of the triglycerides formed by the reaction of citric acid with the mono-, di…
POTASSIUM HEMPSEEDATE
59124Potassium salt of the fatty acids of the seeds of Cannabis sativa, Cannabaceae
Potassium salt of hydrogenated coconut acid
Potassium salt of hydrogenated palm acid
Potassium salt of hydrogenated tallow acid
Potassium 12-hydroxystearate
Potassium salt of isosteareth-2 phosphate
POTASSIUM LANOLATE
59223Potassium salt of lanolin acid
Potassium salt of laureth-10 carboxylic acid
Potassium salt of laureth-3 carboxylic acid
Potassium salt of laureth-4 carboxylic acid
Potassium salt of laureth-5 carboxylic acid
Potassium salt of laureth-6 carboxylic acid
Potassium Lauroyl Hydrolyzed Pea Protein is the potassium salt of the reaction product of lauric acid chloride with Hydrolyzed Pea Protein
Potassium salt of lauroyl sarcosine
Potassium salt of the condensation product of lauric acid chloride and wheat amino acids
POTASSIUM LAUROYL/OLIVOYL (ALANINE/ARGININE/ASPARAGINE/ASPARTIC ACID/GLUTAMIC ACID/LYCINE/ISOLEUCIN…
91508Potassium Lauroyl/Olivoyl (Alanine/Arginine/Asparagine/Aspartic Acid/Glutamic Acid/Lycine/Isoleucine/Leucine/Lysine/Methionine/Phenylalanin…
Potassium Laurus Nobilate is the potassium salt of the fatty acids derived from Laurus Nobilis Fruit Oil, Lauraceae.
Propanesulfonic acid, 2-hydroxy-3-dodecyloxy-, monopotassium salt
Popular populated ingredient functions
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.