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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

Potassium 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 Taurate is formed by Ethane sulfonic acid, 2-amino-, N-coco-acyl derivatives, potassium salt

POTASSIUM COFFEEATE

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Potassium 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 salt of the fatty acids of the seeds of Cannabis sativa, Cannabaceae

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Potassium Laurus Nobilate is the potassium salt of the fatty acids derived from Laurus Nobilis Fruit Oil, Lauraceae.

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.